CVE-2019-5018

Publication date 10 May 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An exploitable use after free vulnerability exists in the window function functionality of Sqlite3 3.26.0. A specially crafted SQL command can cause a use after free vulnerability, potentially resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a malicious SQL command to trigger this vulnerability.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sqlite3	19.10 eoan	Fixed 3.27.2-3
	19.04 disco	Fixed 3.27.2-2ubuntu0.2
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

leosilva

code was introduced in 3.25.0

mdeslaur

need to be able to execute arbitrary SQL commands to trigger this issue.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
sqlite3	Upstream: https://www.sqlite.org/src/vpatch?from=1ae70ad2ffd36c27&to=1e16d3e8fc60d39c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4205-1
SQLite vulnerabilities
2 December 2019