CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-27207

Use After Free

Published: Nov 26, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Zetetic SQLCipher 4.x before 4.4.1 has a use-after-free, related to sqlcipher_codec_pragma and sqlite3Strlen30 in sqlite3.c. A remote denial of service attack can be performed. For example, a SQL injection can be used to execute the crafted SQL command sequence. After that, some unexpected RAM data is read.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sqlcipher Zetetic 4.0 (including) 4.4.1 (excluding)
Sqlcipher Ubuntu bionic *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu focal *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu groovy *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu hirsute *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu impish *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu kinetic *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu lunar *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu mantic *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu trusty *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu upstream *
Sqlcipher Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References