High severity · published Mar 17, 2018
CVE-2018-8740
In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c
7.5
CVSS
8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.0% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
SQ
Sqlite · Sqlite
through 3.22.0 · source: NVD
In the news
VulnerabilityCritical
ABB B&R Automation Studio
View CSAF
Summary
ABB became aware of vulnerability in the product versions listed as affected in the advisory. An update is available that replaces an outdated third-party component. Although no successful exploitation was observed during testing of the affected B&R products, the identified vulnerabilities could present potential attack vectors that might enable unauthorized access, data exposure, or remote code execution.
The following versions of ABB B&R Automation Studio are affected:
B&R Automation Studio <6.5, 6.5 (CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-3277, CVE-2023-7104, CVE-2022-35737, CVE-2020-15358, CVE-2020-13632, CVE-2020-13631, CVE-2020-13630, CVE-2020-13435, CVE-2020-13434, CVE-2020-11656, CVE-2020-11655, CVE-2019-19646, CVE-2019-19645, CVE-2019-8457, CVE-2018-20506, CVE-2018-20505, CVE-2018-20346, CVE-2018-8740, CVE-2017-10989, CVE-2016-6153, CVE-2015-6607, CVE-2015-5895, CVE-2015-3717, CVE-2015-3416)
CVSS
Vendor
Equipment
Vulnerabilities
v3 9.8
ABB
ABB B&R Automation Studio
Numeric Truncation Error, Heap-based Buffer Overflow, Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer, Out-of-bounds Write, NULL Pointer Dereference, Incorrect User Management, Use After Free, Integer Overflow or Wraparound, Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions, Uncontrolled Recursion, Out-of-bounds Read, Improper Input Validation, Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor, Buffer ...
May 21, 2026·CISA Advisories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8740
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8740
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103466
Permissions Required
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=6964
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1756349
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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