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CVE-2019-8457

critical

SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables.

Vendor / product: Sqlite — sqlite

SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables.

CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-05-30 16:29
Modified: 2026-10-14 07:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

sqlite / sqlite ≥3.6.0 ≤3.27.2
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04
fedoraproject / fedora 29, 30
opensuse / leap 42.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_28_0.html
Vendor advisory: https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/90acdbfce9c08858
Vendor advisory: https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_28_0.html
Vendor advisory: https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/90acdbfce9c08858
Patch / mitigation: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Patch / mitigation: https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/90acdbfce9c08858
Patch / mitigation: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Patch / mitigation: https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/90acdbfce9c08858

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗

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