Application crash via stale window-function references
Published Apr 11, 2023 · Updated Feb 11, 2025
Buffer overflow in SQLite3 3.27.1 and earlier allows local users to crash applications by executing crafted window-function SQL. The ORDER BY resolver converts a window-function expression to a result-column alias but leaves its Window objects linked in Select.pWin. Exploitation requires the ability to execute crafted SQL locally, and the reported consequence is limited to crashing the hosting process.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in SQLite3 3.27.1 and earlier allows local users to crash applications by executing crafted window-function SQL. The ORDER BY resolver converts a window-function expression to a result-column alias but leaves its Window objects linked in Select.pWin. Exploitation requires the ability to execute crafted SQL locally, and the reported consequence is limited to crashing the hosting process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-24736
- Published
- Apr 11, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- SQLite window-function ORDER BY regression SQLproof of concept · demonstrated
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