CVE-2019-16168

Publication date 9 September 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In SQLite through 3.29.0, whereLoopAddBtreeIndex in sqlite3.c can crash a browser or other application because of missing validation of a sqlite_stat1 sz field, aka a "severe division by zero in the query planner."

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sqlite3	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Fixed 3.27.2-2ubuntu0.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
sqlite3	Upstream: https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/d93508fc9913cfe6 Upstream: https://www.sqlite.org/src/timeline?c=98357d8c1263920b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4205-1
SQLite vulnerabilities
2 December 2019