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title: "CVE-2020-13435\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2020-13435

Publication date 24 May 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13435?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

SQLite through 3.32.0 has a segmentation fault in sqlite3ExprCodeTarget in
expr.c.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sqlite3 | 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 3.31.1-4ubuntu0.1 |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 3.29.0-2ubuntu0.3 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13435?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| sqlite3 | * Upstream:   <https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/ad7bb70af9bb68d1> * Upstream:   <https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/572105de1d44bca4> * Upstream:   [c37577b](https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/c37577bb2dfb602a5cdbba8322a01b548c34c185) * Upstream:   [0934d64](https://github.com/sqlite/sqlite/commit/0934d640456bb168a8888ae388643c5160afe501) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13435)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13435)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-13435)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13435)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4394-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4394-1)
+ SQLite vulnerabilities
+ 10 June 2020

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13435>