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Critical USN-5615-1 3 CVEs

sqlite3 vulnerabilities

Published Sep 15, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled INTERSEC query
processing. An attacker could use this issue to cause SQLite to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-35525)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled ALTER TABLE for views
that have a nested FROM clause. An attacker could use this issue to cause
SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-35527)

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled embedded null characters
when tokenizing certain unicode strings. This issue could result in
incorrect results. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-20223)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS sqlite3 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.6
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS sqlite3 3.31.1-4ubuntu0.4

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2021-20223 Rejected

    DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigat…

  • Unscored —

    In SQlite 3.31.1, a potential null pointer derreference was found in the INTERSEC query processing.

  • Unscored —

    In SQLite 3.31.1, there is an out of bounds access problem through ALTER TABLE for views that have a nested FROM clause.

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35525
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35527
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20223