7.5

CVE-2022-21227: ghost sqlite3

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-21227DEBIAN-CVE-2022-21227GHSA-9qrh-qjmc-5w2p
Published 01-05-2022Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-21227 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ghost sqlite3. EPSS estimates a 2.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The package sqlite3 before 5.0.3 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) which will invoke the toString function of the passed parameter. If passed an invalid Function object it will throw and crash the V8 engine.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.14 pp

From 2.07% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • node-sqlite3< 5.0.6+ds1-1
Ghost1 product
Npm1 product
  • sqlite3≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-sqlite3All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

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