Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-7458

medium Nessus Plugin ID 252171

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- An integer overflow in the sqlite3KeyInfoFromExprList function in SQLite versions 3.39.2 through 3.41.1 allows an attacker with the ability to execute arbitrary SQL statements to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information from process memory via a crafted SELECT statement with a large number of expressions in the ORDER BY clause. (CVE-2025-7458)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 252171

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_7458.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7458

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw-sqlite, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-sqlite-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-sqlite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw32-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-libs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sqlite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:lemon, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mingw64-sqlite-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite-tcl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sqlite3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-tcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sqlite-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-7458

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