CVE-2025-71316

SQLite sqldiff remote code execution via argument injection

State: Published
Severity: 9.2 Critical
Published: Jun 4, 2026
Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Reserved: Jun 4, 2026

Description

SQLite 'sqldiff.exe' does not securely handle the way the Microsoft Windows C runtime converts Unicode characters to ANSI codepages. An attacker could use the '-L' option to load an arbitrary DLL with a crafted command line argument string that results in command line file arguments being misinterpreted as command line options. Fixed on or around 2025-12-26.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.2 Critical	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	cisa-cg
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	cisa-cg

Weaknesses

CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sqldiffSQLite	before 2025-12-26Affected 2025-12-26Not affected

References

urlpatch
urlmitigation
urlexploit
urlthird-party-advisory
urlvdb-entry
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-765416.html

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