🛡️ CVE-2025-70873 on Debian — sqlite3

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-70873 as tracked by Debian, for the package sqlite3. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

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 high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-70873 is classified as CWE-244: Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection'). Using realloc() to resize buffers that store sensitive information can leave the sensitive information exposed to attack, because it is not removed from memory.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-70873 is recorded against 1 package.

  • sqlite3

Timeline and source

Published on 12 March 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2025-70873 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-12
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
sqlite3 — —

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