ubuntu-cve-2018-8740
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-03-17 00:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lemon",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-0",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-tcl",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sqlite3",
            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "sqlite3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqlite3@3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.7.17-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.0.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.1-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.1-1ubuntu3",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu2",
        "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lemon",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-0",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-tcl",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sqlite3",
            "binary_version": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "sqlite3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqlite3@3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.11.0-1ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.8.11.1-1",
        "3.9.1-2",
        "3.9.2-1",
        "3.10.0-1",
        "3.10.1-1",
        "3.10.2-1",
        "3.11.0-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "lemon",
            "binary_version": "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-0",
            "binary_version": "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsqlite3-tcl",
            "binary_version": "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sqlite3",
            "binary_version": "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "sqlite3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sqlite3@3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.19.3-3",
        "3.20.1-2",
        "3.21.0-1",
        "3.22.0-1",
        "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1",
        "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.2",
        "3.22.0-1ubuntu0.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8740",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:35Z",
  "published": "2018-03-17T00:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8740"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/timeline?r=corrupt-schema"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4205-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4394-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8740"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4205-1",
    "USN-4394-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-8740"
  ]
}



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