Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2017-10989

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10989 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the getNodeSize function of SQLite through version 3.19.3, specifically within its RTree extension. This flaw, also affecting products like GDAL, can be triggered by a crafted database containing undersized RTree blobs. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.19.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0861 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: sqlite
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: sqlite

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2017-Jul/CVE-2017-10989Critical

The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly unspecified other impact.

Jul 11, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-10989Low

sqlite: Heap-buffer overflow in the getNodeSize function

Jul 6, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
marc.info
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Permissions Required
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1700937
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
sqlite.org / src/info/66de6f4a
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
sqlite.org / src/vpatch
PatchVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208112
support.apple.com / HT208113
support.apple.com / HT208115
support.apple.com / HT208144
usn.ubuntu.com / 4019-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4019-2
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
securityfocus.com / bid/99502
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039427