CVE-2024-0232

Publication date 16 January 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A heap use-after-free issue has been identified in SQLite in the jsonParseAddNodeArray() function in sqlite3.c. This flaw allows a local attacker to leverage a victim to pass specially crafted malicious input to the application, potentially causing a crash and leading to a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sqlite	25.10 questing	Not in release
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	23.04 lunar	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
sqlite3	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

possibly introduced here: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/44f53b96472a660e42f4c4f33e01f0fc9c691440 Could not reproduce the issue in mantic and lunar, marking as not affected.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
sqlite3	Upstream: https://sqlite.org/src/info/a163fecca90cab9d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.7 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H