CVE-2019-19959 [High] | Security Vulnerability in Sqlite

CVE-2019-19959 is rated Moderate Risk (63.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.24%). EPSS rose +2.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.52%	3.24%	+2.72%
2	2026-03-04	0.38%	0.52%	+0.14%
3	2026-03-01	—	0.38%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.52%

3.24%

+2.72%

2026-03-04

0.38%

0.52%

+0.14%

2026-03-01

—

0.38%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

5.0

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

10.0

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-19959

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2019-19959: 1 source package rows (sqlite); 11 state rows across 6 repos (3.11-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 11.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-19959
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2019-19959 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sqlite3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19959
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19959
`suse`	medium	CVE-2019-19959 severity moderate: SUSE including 394 source package names (0.1.0:libsqlite3-0-3.36.0-3.12.1, 0.1.75:libsqlite3-0-3.36.0-3.12.1, …), 1129 product×package rows across 565 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, … (565 product lines)): Fixed 843, Known Not Affected 150, Known Affected 136.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19959/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2019-19959 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sqlite3), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 3, not-affected 2, ignored 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19959

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-19959

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
sqlite	sqlite	3.30.1	cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:3.30.1:::::::*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	19.10	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:::::::*

References for CVE-2019-19959

URL	Tags
https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/1e490c4ca6b43a9cf8637d695907888349f69bec	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/d8f2d46cbc9925e034a68aaaf60aad788d9373c1	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0001/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4298-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2019-19959

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-19959

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-19959

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-19959

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-19959

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-19959

References for CVE-2019-19959