CVE-2016-6153

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6153
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-26 16:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionos_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working directory for temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 0.000320000 probability, percentile 0.093590000 (date 2026-05-07)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Application Sqlite Sqlite All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - SQLite Tempdir Selection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3431-1] sqlite security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
SQLite: Check-in [67985761] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sqlite.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: SQLite Tempdir Selection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: mingw-sqlite-3.26.0.0-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4019-2: SQLite vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: sqlite-3.13.0-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-003.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.korelogic.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4019-1: SQLite vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
SQLite CVE-2016-6153 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
SQLite Release 3.13.0 On 2016-05-18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sqlite.org Release Notes
[R2] PVS 5.2.0 Fixes Multiple Third-party Library Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tenable.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:2041-1: moderate: Security update for sqlite3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: sqlite-3.13.0-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: mingw-sqlite-3.26.0.0-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181798 Debian Security Update for sqlite (DLA 3431-1)
  • 751168 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sqlite3 (SUSE-SU-2021:3215-1)
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