High severity · published Mar 25, 2021
CVE-2021-3119
Zetetic SQLCipher 4.x before 4.4.3 has a NULL pointer dereferencing issue related to sqlcipher_export in crypto.c and sqlite3StrICmp in sqlite3.c
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Zetetic SQLCipher 4.x before 4.4.3 has a NULL pointer dereferencing issue related to sqlcipher_export in crypto.c and sqlite3StrICmp in sqlite3.c. This may allow an attacker to perform a remote denial of service attack. For example, an SQL injection can be used to execute the crafted SQL command sequence, which causes a segmentation fault.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SQ
Sqlcipher · Zetetic
4.0 before 4.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3119
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3119
Patch
https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/commit/cb71f53e8cea4802509f182fa5bead0ac6ab0e7f#diff-9305215a9a0ea69300281fc4af90bc7f3437e34a0e1745d030213152993ddae4
Exploit
https://www.telekom.com/resource/blob/621186/3fb50ca7a4a97728be18717ed7b0062c/dl-210308-critical-dos-vulnerability-in-sqlcipher-sql-command-processing-data.pdf
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