sqlite3 — security advisory
SQLite before 3.53.2 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the FTS5 full-text search extension that allows attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted database with malicious continuation page metadata specifying a szLeaf value smaller than 4. Attackers can trigger an integer underflow in fts5ChunkIterate() causing an inflated remaining byte count during FTS5 MATCH query processing, leading to a heap buffer overflow of attacker-controlled data in applications compiled with SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5.
- Products
- sqlite3
- Affected versions
- 3.40.1-2, 3.40.1-2+deb12u1, 3.40.1-2+deb12u2, 3.42.0-1, 3.43.0-1, 3.43.1-1, 3.43.2-1, 3.44.0-1, 3.44.2-1, 3.45.0-1, 3.45.1-1, 3.45.2-1, 3.45.3-1, 3.45.3-2~exp1, 3.46.0-1, 3.46.1-1, 3.46.1-2, 3.46.1-2~exp, 3.46.1-3, 3.46.1-4, 3.46.1-5, 3.46.1-6, 3.46.1-7, 3.46.1-7+deb13u1, 3.46.1-8, 3.46.1-9, 3.53.2-1, 3.53.3-1, 3.53.4-1, 3.53.4-2
- Fixed versions
- 3.46.1-7+deb13u2, 3.53.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-11824
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
SQLite before 3.53.2 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the FTS5 full-text search extension that allows attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted database with malicious continuation page metadata specifying a szLeaf value smaller than 4. Attackers can trigger an integer underflow in fts5ChunkIterate() causing an inflated remaining byte count during FTS5 MATCH query processing, leading to a heap buffer overflow of attacker-controlled data in applications compiled with SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11824
sqlite3
Fixed versions: Not specified
sqlite3
Fixed versions: 3.46.1-7+deb13u2
sqlite3
Fixed versions: 3.53.2-1
Complete source record
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