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🛡️ CVE-2023-7104 — fedora

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-122 NVD
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Description

SQLite SQLite3 make alltest sqlite3session.c sessionReadRecord heap-based overflow

A vulnerability was found in SQLite SQLite3 up to 3.43.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function sessionReadRecord of the file ext/session/sqlite3session.c of the component make alltest Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248999.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-7104 is classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A write past the end of a heap allocation corrupts allocator metadata or neighbouring objects.

Affected software

CVE-2023-7104 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • fedora
  • sqlite

Timeline and source

Published on 29 December 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com
sqlite.org
sqlite.org
vuldb.com
vuldb.com
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com
sqlite.org
sqlite.org
vuldb.com
vuldb.com

Other advisories for this package

fedora has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow) in other software:

CVE-2023-7104 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-122
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-12-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fedora — —
sqlite — —

References

Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248999
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.248999
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.248999
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.248999

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