CVE-2017-10989

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly unspecified other impact.

Affected products

SQLite: through 3.19.3

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
http://marc.info/?l=sqlite-users&m=149933696214713&w=2
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99502
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=2405
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1700937
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
https://sqlite.org/src/info/66de6f4a
https://sqlite.org/src/vpatch?from=0db20efe201736b3&to=66de6f4a9504ec26
https://support.apple.com/HT208112
https://support.apple.com/HT208113

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