Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-6965 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package sqlite3. The fix is available in version 3.46.1-6ubuntu1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity high, availability low.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
- Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
- Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
Weakness class
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6965 is classified as CWE-197: Numeric Truncation Error. Truncation errors occur when a primitive is cast to a primitive of a smaller size and data is lost in the conversion.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-6965 is recorded against 1 package.
- sqlite3 (fixed in 3.46.1-6ubuntu1)
Timeline and source
Published on 15 July 2025 and last revised on 24 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
sqlite3 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-197: Numeric Truncation Error) in other software:
