CVE-2019-19959

Publication date 3 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sqlite3	19.10 eoan	Fixed 3.29.0-2ubuntu0.2
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 3.22.0

Patch details

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

Package	Patch details
sqlite3	Upstream: 1e490c4 Upstream: d8f2d46

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N