CVE-2017-13685 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2017-13685?

CVE-2017-13685 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sqlite Sqlite, published on 29 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The dump_callback function in SQLite 3.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EXC_BAD_ACCESS and application crash) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13685?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sqlite Sqlite.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13685?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-13685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-44160, AZL-44418, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13685, GHSA-69wm-j7rv-57pp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13685.