Integer Truncation on SQLite (CVE-2025-6965)
Published Last modified Sources: BSI, Red Hat, CVE.org, Siemens ProductCERT, Msrc Update Guide, OSV, EUVD
What is affected, what to do
A memory corruption flaw was found in SQLite. Under specific conditions a query can be generated where the number of aggregate terms could exceed the number of columns available.
Update SQLite to version 3.50.2.
- Affected
- SQLite
lt *..3.50.2
- SQLite
- Fixed in
- SQLite
3.50.2
- SQLite
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Metrics
9.8
Priority
XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS v3
Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: BSI, Red Hat, CVE.org, Siemens ProductCERT, Msrc Update Guide, OSV, EUVD
73.5 %
EPSS score
High — model estimates ≥ 50% chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 99.47
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- Critical
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 127.50 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 9.8 Methodology
CVSS v3
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 7.7
CVSS v4
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 7.2
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 73.5 %
- High — model estimates ≥ 50% chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 99.47
- Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
- CISA assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: proof of concept · not automatable · Technical impact: total
- Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 28 April 2026
CWE
CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.
Read in glossary- CWE-197
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
A memory corruption flaw was found in SQLite. Under specific conditions a query can be generated where the number of aggregate terms could exceed the number of columns available. This issue could lead to memory corruption and subsequent unintended behavior.
Source: BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, redhat_csaf, NVD (NIST), CVE.org (MITRE), siemens_advisory, Microsoft Security Update Guide, OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), cvelistv5, ENISA EUVD
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
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| SQLite | SQLite |
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| siemens | ruggedcom_crossbow |
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| siemens | sidis_prime |
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| sqlite | sqlite |
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| Apple | macOS Sequoia |
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| Apple | macOS Sonoma |
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| Apple | macOS Tahoe |
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| Dell | PowerProtect Data Domain OS |
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Distribution and container packages (1)
Downstream packages (e.g. Bitnami, Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat). Versions refer to the distribution, not the vendor.
| Affected versions | Fixed in | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | sqlite |
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Vendors and products
Affected operating systems
| macOS | apple | macos | — |
| Mobile | apple | iphone_os | — |
| Other | apple | ipados | — |
| Other | apple | tvos | — |
| Other | apple | visionos | — |
| Other | apple | watchos | — |
Weakness classes (CWE)
CWE-197Numeric Truncation Error
Base
Truncation errors occur when a primitive is cast to a primitive of a smaller size and data is lost in the conversion.
Entry at MITRE CWE-197
References & sources
- github.comgoogle/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-qj7j-3jp8-8ccvweb
- NVD (NIST)vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6965advisory
- github.comgithub/advisory-database/pull/7675web
- Siemens ProductCERTproductcert/html/ssa-225816.htmlweb
- Siemens ProductCERTproductcert/html/ssa-485750.htmlweb
- github.comericsink/SQLitePCL.rawpackage
- sqlite.orgsrc/info/5508b56fd24016c13981ec280ecdd833007c9d8dd595edb295b984…web
- seclists.orgfulldisclosure/2025/Sep/49web
- seclists.orgfulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53web
- seclists.orgfulldisclosure/2025/Sep/56web
- seclists.orgfulldisclosure/2025/Sep/57web
- seclists.orgfulldisclosure/2025/Sep/58web
- openwall.comlists/oss-security/2025/09/06/1web
- Siemens ProductCERTproductcert/html/ssa-765416.html
Changes to this CVE
Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).
Record modifiedgoogle.com
Show 3 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Reference added —https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/5508b56fd24016c13981ec280ecdd833007c9d8dd595edb295b984c2b487b5c8Reference removed https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/5508b56fd24016c13981ec280ecdd833007c9d8dd595edb295b984c2b487b5c8—Reference type removed https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/5508b56fd24016c13981ec280ecdd833007c9d8dd595edb295b984c2b487b5c8 Types: Patch—Source identifier: cve-coordination@google.com
Record modifiedCVE Program
Show 18 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Reference added —http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/49Reference added —http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53Reference added —http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/56Reference added —http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/57Reference added —http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/58Reference added —http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/06/1Reference removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/49—Reference removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53—Reference removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/56—Reference removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/57—Reference removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/58—Reference removed http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/06/1—Reference type removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/49 Types: Third Party Advisory—Reference type removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53 Types: Third Party Advisory—Reference type removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/56 Types: Third Party Advisory—Reference type removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/57 Types: Third Party Advisory—Reference type removed http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/58 Types: Third Party Advisory—Reference type removed http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/06/1 Types: Third Party Advisory—Source identifier: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Record modifiedSiemens ADP
Show 8 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Affected versions (publisher) added —Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2025/6xxx/CVE-2025-6965.json">CVE-2025-6965</a>Reference added —https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-225816.htmlReference added —https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-485750.htmlReference added —https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-765416.htmlReference removed https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-225816.html—Reference removed https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-485750.html—Reference type removed https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-225816.html Types: Third Party Advisory—Reference type removed https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-485750.html Types: Third Party Advisory—Source identifier: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
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