Critical 9.8Published Jul 7, 2017

CVE-2017-10989The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer ove…

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The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly unspecified other impact.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

sqlite sqlite sqlite:sqlite	through 3.19.3	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
http://marc.info/?l=sqlite-users&m=149933696214713&w=2	patch, third-party-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99502	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=2405	permissions-required
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1700937	issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
https://sqlite.org/src/info/66de6f4a	issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
https://sqlite.org/src/vpatch?from=0db20efe201736b3&to=66de6f4a9504ec26	patch, vendor-advisory
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