An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Sqlite
  • Sqlite

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://gist.github.com/cnwangjihe/f496393f30f5ecec5b18c8f5ab072054 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70873 cve-icon
https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/761eac3c82 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sqlite.org/src/info/3d459f1fb1bd1b5e cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-70873 cve-icon
History

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-244
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

 ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title sqlite: SQLite: Information Disclosure via Crafted ZIP File
Weaknesses CWE-908
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Low

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sqlite
Sqlite sqlite
Vendors & Products Sqlite
Sqlite sqlite

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-03-14T03:35:18.796Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-70873

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-14T03:35:12.316Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-12T19:16:15.933

Modified: 2026-03-12T21:07:53.427

Link: CVE-2025-70873

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-03-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-70873 - Bugzilla