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CVE-2018-8740

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8740 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in SQLite versions through 3.22.0, specifically impacting databases with schema corruption caused by a CREATE TABLE AS statement. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact (denial of service). While the FAUCET Risk Score is 80/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.22.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0811 is in the 91st 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: sqlite

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-8740Low

sqlite: NULL pointer dereference with databases with schema corrupted with CREATE TABLE AS allows for denial of service

Mar 17, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1756349
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00037.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00022.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU4NZ6DDU4BEM3ACM3FM6GLEPX56ZQXK
usn.ubuntu.com / 4205-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4394-1
sqlite.org / cgi/src/timeline
Vendor Advisory
sqlite.org / cgi/src/vdiff
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103466
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry