Security advisory
A segmentation fault can occur in the sqlite3.exe command-line component of SQLite 3.36.0 via the idxGetTableInfo function when there is a crafted SQL query. NOTE: the vendor disputes the relevance of this report because a sqlite3.exe user already has full privileges (e.g., is intentionally allowed to execute commands). This report does NOT imply any problem in the SQLite library.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-36690
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A segmentation fault can occur in the sqlite3.exe command-line component of SQLite 3.36.0 via the idxGetTableInfo function when there is a crafted SQL query. NOTE: the vendor disputes the relevance of this report because a sqlite3.exe user already has full privileges (e.g., is intentionally allowed to execute commands). This report does NOT imply any problem in the SQLite library.
osv:CVE-2021-36690
Complete source record
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