CVE-2022-35737

Exp

SQLite 1.0.12 through 3.39.x before 3.39.2 sometimes allows an array-bounds overflow if billions of bytes are used in a string argument to a C API.

Published: 2022-08-03 Last update: 2026-02-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-35737 is rated High Exploit Risk (76/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 54.84%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-35737

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-35737

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-29 58.18% 54.84% -3.34%
2 2026-05-25 51.94% 58.18% +6.24%
3 2026-05-24 — 51.94% —

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-35737

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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:N/A:H 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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-35737

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-35737

GHSA-jw36-hf63-69r9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rust — `libsqlite3-sys` via C SQLite improperly validates array index

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-35737

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-35737: 2 source package rows (qt5-qtwebengine, sqlite); 33 state rows across 12 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 33, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-35737
debian unimportant CVE-2022-35737 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sqlite3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-35737
gentoo high CVE-2022-35737: 1 GLSA(s) (202210-40), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/sqlite); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-35737
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-35737
suse medium CVE-2022-35737 severity moderate: SUSE including 351 source package names (0.23.1-12.3:libsqlite3-0-3.39.3-150000.3.17.1, 0.58.0.17.143:libsqlite3-0-3.39.3-150000.3.17.1, …), 1183 product×package rows across 446 product lines (Container bci/bci-init, Container bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel, … (446 product lines)): Fixed 1078, Known Affected 100, Known Not Affected 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-35737/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-35737 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (sqlite, sqlite3), 26 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 12, DNE 6, released 5, ignored 1, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-35737

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-35737

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sqlite sqlite >= 1.0.12, < 3.39.2 cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk universal_forwarder >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk universal_forwarder >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk universal_forwarder 9.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-35737

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