sqlite — security advisory
SQLite before 3.25.3, when the FTS3 extension is enabled, encounters an integer overflow (and resultant buffer overflow) for FTS3 queries that occur after crafted changes to FTS3 shadow tables, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the ability to run arbitrary SQL statements (such as in certain WebSQL use cases), aka Magellan.
- Products
- sqlite
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.25.3-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-20346
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
SQLite before 3.25.3, when the FTS3 extension is enabled, encounters an integer overflow (and resultant buffer overflow) for FTS3 queries that occur after crafted changes to FTS3 shadow tables, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the ability to run arbitrary SQL statements (such as in certain WebSQL use cases), aka Magellan.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-20346
sqlite
Fixed versions: 3.25.3-r0
sqlite
Fixed versions: 3.25.3-r0
sqlite
Fixed versions: 3.25.3-r0
Complete source record
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