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CVE-2026-119591

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Description

SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability in countOfViewOptimization() that allows attackers to crash the host process via count(*) over a large multi-row VALUES clause. Attackers supplying SQL or a database file with a crafted view can trigger deeply nested TK_PLUS expressions whose recursive freeing in sqlite3ExprDeleteNN() exhausts the C stack, causing denial of service.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 12:16:44.873000
Last modified
2026-10-30 12:16:44.873000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-119591",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:16:44.873",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T12:16:44.873",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "SQLite before 3.54.0 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability in countOfViewOptimization() that allows attackers to crash the host process via count(*) over a large multi-row VALUES clause. Attackers supplying SQL or a database file with a crafted view can trigger deeply nested TK_PLUS expressions whose recursive freeing in sqlite3ExprDeleteNN() exhausts the C stack, causing denial of service."
    }
  ],
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      "source": "[email protected]",
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          "collectionURL": "https://sqlite.org/",
          "repo": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/sqlite/sqlite",
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            }
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        }
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          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/sqlite-values-union",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/blob/version-3.53.4/src/select.c#L7199",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/eff50a067c55f972909e7780e506e91382d08de2",
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    {
      "url": "https://sqlite.org/bugs/info/2026-10-04T05:34:47Z",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_54_0.html",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sqlite.org/src/info/ab621a3e11ee4acc",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sqlite-before-3.54.0-stack-exhaustion-via-countofviewoptimization-in-values-clause",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}