CVE-2018-8740 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2018-8740?

CVE-2018-8740 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8740?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Sqlite Sqlite.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8740?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-8740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8740 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 ALPINE-CVE-2018-8740, CLSA-2026-1777052042, CLSA-2026-1777106754, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8740, GHSA-c753-vqf3-vjxh, MGASA-2018-0181 and 1 more.