🛡️ CVE-2022-21227 — sqlite3

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-248 OSV

8.0

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Denial-of-Service when binding invalid parameters in sqlite3

Affected versions of sqlite3 will experience a fatal error when supplying a specific object in the parameter array. This error causes the application to crash and could not be caught. Users of sqlite3 v5.0.0, v5.0.1 and v5.0.2 are affected by this. This issue is fixed in v5.0.3. All users are recommended to upgrade to v5.0.3 or later. Ensure there is sufficient sanitization in the parent application to protect against invalid values being supplied to binding parameters as a workaround.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-21227 is classified as CWE-248: Uncaught Exception. An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

Affected software

CVE-2022-21227 is recorded against 1 package.

sqlite3

Timeline and source

Published on 28 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
security.snyk.io (Web)
snyk.io (Web)
snyk.io (Web)

CVE-2022-21227 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 8.0

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE CWE-248

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2022-04-28

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL https://github.com/TryGhost/node-sqlite3/commit/593c9d498be2510d286349134537e3bf89401c4a

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
sqlite3	—	—

References

WEB https://github.com/TryGhost/node-sqlite3/security/advisories/GHSA-9qrh-qjmc-5w2p

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21227

WEB https://github.com/TryGhost/node-sqlite3/issues/1440

WEB https://github.com/TryGhost/node-sqlite3/issues/1449

WEB https://github.com/TryGhost/node-sqlite3/commit/593c9d498be2510d286349134537e3bf89401c4a

PACKAGE https://github.com/TryGhost/node-sqlite3

WEB https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SQLITE3-2388645

WEB https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2805470

WEB https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SQLITE3-2388645

🔗 NVD 🔗 Mitre ✅ Fix / Advisory

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