CVE-2016-6153
sqlite: Tempdir selection vulnerability
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 1, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
os_unix.c in SQLite before 3.13.0 improperly implements the temporary directory search algorithm, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the current working directory for temporary files.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 2.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 · 1.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File