Out Of Bounds write in FTS5 Extension in SQLite
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An integer overflow exists in the FTS5 https://sqlite.org/fts5.html extension. It occurs when the size of an array of tombstone pointers is calculated and truncated into a 32-bit integer. A pointer to partially controlled data can then be written out of bounds.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0037 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7709
References
More SQLite vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-82983 Heap buffer overflow in SQLite FTS5 rowid list merging CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-43154 An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-06334 Integer Truncation on SQLite CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-16180 SQLite 1.0.12 through 3.39.x before 3.39.2 sometimes allows an array-bounds overflow if… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-11445 An issue found in SQLite SQLite3 v.3.35.4 that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-06073 Out-of-bounds read in SQLite CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
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