Ubuntu SQLite Critical Denial of Service Vulnerability USN-8480-1

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June 29, 2026

Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SQLite.

Software Description:

- sqlite3: C library that implements an SQL database engine

Details:

It was discovered that SQLite incorrectly handled certain memory operations

in the FTS5 full-text search extension. An attacker could use this issue to

cause SQLite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

execute arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important memory issues sqlite3

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.46.1-9ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 25.10
  libsqlite3-0                    3.46.1-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.45.1-1ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libsqlite3-0                    3.37.2-2ubuntu0.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.