CVE-2019-5018

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-05-10 · updated 2026-10-14
Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10
SQLite: 3.26.0

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152809/Sqlite3-Window-Function-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108294
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190521-0001/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0777
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4205-1/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152809/Sqlite3-Window-Function-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108294
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190521-0001/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0777
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4205-1/

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