CVE-2026-119372
mediumSQLite before 3.54.0 built with FTS3/FTS4 and SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS contains a use-after-free vulnerability in fts3BestSnippet() caused by dangling ca…
Vendor / product: Sqlite — sqlite
SQLite before 3.54.0 built with FTS3/FTS4 and SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS contains a use-after-free vulnerability in fts3BestSnippet() caused by dangling cached position-list pointers. Attackers can run a full-text MATCH query combining OR and NEAR operators with snippet() to read freed heap memory and crash the process.
CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-30 12:16
Modified: 2026-11-04 02:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 22 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 02:26 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
sqlite / sqlite <3.54.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T09:18:24Z
Vendor advisory: https://sqlite.org/src/info/e4635c4153
Vendor advisory: https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T09:18:24Z
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c#L561
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/a87bd2471a9c0606e78d3c3678bcd9cecaa0e731
Patch / mitigation: https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T09:18:24Z
Patch / mitigation: https://sqlite.org/src/info/e4635c4153
Patch / mitigation: https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T09:18:24Z
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-fts3-snippet disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c#L561 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/a87bd2471a9c0606e78d3c3678bcd9cecaa0e731 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T09:18:24Z disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_54_0.html disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://sqlite.org/src/info/e4635c4153 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-before-3.54.0-use-after-free-in-fts3-fts3bests... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-08-17T09:18:24Z 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 02:26 UTC · record ↗