CVE-2022-46908 (GCVE-0-2022-46908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:11
VLAI
Summary
SQLite through 3.40.0, when relying on --safe for execution of an untrusted CLI script, does not properly implement the azProhibitedFunctions protection mechanism, and instead allows UDF functions such as WRITEFILE.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • NVD-CWE-Other
Assigner
References
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