Vulnerability · Published Nov 26, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-27207
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the sqlcipher package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | sqlcipher | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27207 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | sqlcipher | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27207 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.telekom.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-protection-data-security/security/details/advisories-504842 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/compare/v4.4.0...v4.4.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.telekom.com/resource/blob/612796/9f221708832a465f03585a45d7f59b45/dl-201112-denial-of-serviceen-data.pdf x_refsource_MISC