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CVE-2019-8457

50
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8457 is a critical heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting SQLite3 versions 3.6.0 through 3.27.2, specifically within the rtreenode() function when processing malformed rtree tables. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. Despite its severity and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6.0, <= 3.27.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
45.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4543 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ceph 16.2.10-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 18.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16939-16817Fixed in: 18.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16939-17084Fixed in: 18.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19856-17084Fixed in: 18.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 18.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 18.2.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 ceph 18.2.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 18.2.1-1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: sqlite-0:3.26.0-6.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: sqlite

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2019-8457

CVE-2019-8457

Jun 11, 2024
microsoft2019-May/CVE-2019-8457

SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables.

May 14, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-8457Moderate

sqlite: heap out-of-bound read in function rtreenode()

Mar 20, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00074.html
Third Party Advisory
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OPKYSWCOM3CL66RI76TYVIG6TJ263RXH
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SJPFGA45DI4F5MCF2OAACGH3HQOF4G3M
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190606-0002
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4004-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4004-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4019-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4019-2
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
sqlite.org / releaselog/3_28_0.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
sqlite.org / src/info/90acdbfce9c08858
PatchVendor Advisory