Is CVE-2018-8740 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-8740 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-8740?

CVE-2018-8740 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-8740?

CVE-2018-8740 has an EPSS score of 8.19% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8740?

Upgrade sqlite3 on debian 11 to 3.22.0-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-8740

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

sqlite3Debian

Fixed in:3.22.0-2CVE-2018-8740

libsqlite3-0Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.11.0-1ubuntu1.3USN-4205-1

Fixed in:3.11.0-1ubuntu1.5USN-4394-1

Fixed in:3.22.0-1ubuntu0.2USN-4205-1

Fixed in:3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4USN-4394-1

Fixed in:3.31.1-4ubuntu0.1USN-4394-1

sqlite3Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.11.0-1ubuntu1.3USN-4205-1

Fixed in:3.11.0-1ubuntu1.5USN-4394-1

Fixed in:3.22.0-1ubuntu0.4USN-4394-1

Fixed in:3.22.0-1ubuntu0.2USN-4205-1

Fixed in:3.31.1-4ubuntu0.1USN-4394-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

8.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

sqlite.org

Vendor Advisory1

sqlite.org

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references8

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.