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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2025-3277

An integer overflow can be triggered in SQLite’s `concat_ws()` function. The resulting, truncated integer is then used to allocate a buffer. When SQLite then writes the resulting string to the buffer, it uses the original, untruncated size and thus a wild Heap Buffer overflow of size ~4GB can be triggered. This can result in arbitrary code execution.

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4 Nov 2026, 19:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2025-3277

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2025, 16:50 UTC

An integer overflow can be triggered in SQLite’s `concat_ws()` function. The resulting, truncated integer is then used to allocate a buffer. When SQLite then writes the resulting string to the buffer, it uses the original, untruncated size and thus a wild Heap Buffer overflow of size ~4GB can be triggered. This can result in arbitrary code execution.

osv:CVE-2025-3277
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3277",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An integer overflow can be triggered in SQLite’s `concat_ws()` function. The resulting, truncated integer is then used to allocate a buffer. When SQLite then writes the resulting string to the buffer, it uses the original, untruncated size and thus a wild Heap Buffer overflow of size ~4GB can be triggered. This can result in arbitrary code execution.",
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