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CVE-2022-21227

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21227 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting the sqlite3 package prior to version 5.0.3, specifically impacting the ghost sqlite3 product. An attacker can trigger this by passing an invalid Function object, causing the V8 engine to crash. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ghost:sqlite3:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sqlite3Fixed in: 5.0.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-21227Moderate

sqlite3: Denial of Service (DoS) in sqlite3

May 1, 2022
npmGHSA-9qrh-qjmc-5w2phigh

Denial-of-Service when binding invalid parameters in sqlite3

Apr 28, 2022

References

github.com / TryGhost/node-sqlite3/commit/593c9d498be2510d286349134537e3bf89401c4a
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2805470
Third Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-SQLITE3-2388645
Third Party Advisory