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Red Hat: CVE-2018-8740: sqlite: NULL pointer dereference with databases with schema corrupted with CREATE TABLE AS allows for denial of service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 17, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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