What is CVE-2017-15286?

CVE-2017-15286 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sqlite, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-15286?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-15286 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Sqlite

CVE-2017-15286

SQLite 3.20.1 has a NULL pointer dereference in tableColumnList in shell.c because it fails to consider certain cases where `sqlite3_step(pStmt)==SQLITE_ROW` is false and a data structure is never initialized.

EPSS: 0.029 (85.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Sqlite — versions 3.20.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15286?: CVE-2017-15286 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sqlite, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-15286?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15286 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.