What is CVE-2021-3119?

CVE-2021-3119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zetetic Sqlcipher, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-3119?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Zetetic Sqlcipher

CVE-2021-3119

Zetetic SQLCipher 4.x before 4.4.3 has a NULL pointer dereferencing issue related to sqlcipher_export in crypto.c and sqlite3StrICmp in sqlite3.c. This may allow an attacker to perform a remote denial of service attack. For example, an SQL injection can be used to execute the crafted SQL command sequence, which causes a segmentation fault.

EPSS: 0.016 (72.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Zetetic Sqlcipher
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3119?: CVE-2021-3119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zetetic Sqlcipher, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-3119?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.