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medium 5.5

CVE-2017-13685 json

The dump_callback function in SQLite 3.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EXC_BAD_ACCESS and application crash) via…

published 2017-08-29 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5202

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The dump_callback function in SQLite 3.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EXC_BAD_ACCESS and application crash) via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

  • sqlite3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.20.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13685

  • sqlite3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2
  • sqlite3 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13685

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-13685 updated cvss 3.3

sqlite: Local DoS via dump_callback function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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