CVE-2016-6153

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working directory for temporary files.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 24
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
SQLite: through 3.12.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00053.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/01/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/01/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91546
http://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/info/67985761aa93fb61
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00022.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IGQTH7V45QVHFDXJAEECHEO3HHD644WZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU4NZ6DDU4BEM3ACM3FM6GLEPX56ZQXK/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4019-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4019-2/
https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-003.txt
https://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_13_0.html

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