CVE-2019-19959 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-19959?

CVE-2019-19959 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ext/misc/zipfile.c in SQLite 3.30.1 mishandles certain uses of INSERT INTO in situations involving embedded '\0' characters in filenames, leading to a memory-management error that can be detected by (for example) valgrind.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19959?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Sqlite Sqlite.

How do I fix CVE-2019-19959?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-19959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19959, GHSA-8q6c-j3g3-gr6j, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19959.