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title: "CVE-2015-7036\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-7036

Publication date 22 November 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The fts3\_tokenizer function in SQLite, as used in Apple iOS before 8.4 and
OS X before 10.10.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service (application crash) via a SQL command that
triggers an API call with a crafted pointer value in the second argument.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7036?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sqlite | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| sqlite3 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

as of 2016-01-08, no details. Probably Apple-specific. Marking
as not-affected.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7036)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7036)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-7036)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7036)

### Other references

* <http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-570/>
* <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204942>
* <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204941>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7036>
