CVE-2025-70873

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-12. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
65(Attend)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 12, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

SQLite: Check-in [3d459f1fb1]

https://sqlite.org/src/info/3d459f1fb1bd1b5e
generic

SQLite User Forum: Possible uninitialized heap memory leak in zipfile extension

https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/761eac3c82
generic🟡 PoC Available

CVE-2025-70873.md · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/cnwangjihe/f496393f30f5ecec5b18c8f5ab072054

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-70873(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatsqlite-main-3.52.0-1.1.hum12026-04-11redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sqlite33.34.1-3 ... 3.53.4-2 (52 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sqlite33.40.1-2 ... 3.53.4-2 (29 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sqlite33.46.1-7 ... 3.53.4-2 (9 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
sqlite33.46.1-7 ... 3.53.4-2 (7 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 25× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-70873?
CVE-2025-70873 is a high vulnerability published on March 12, 2026. An information disclosure issue in the zipfileInflate function in the zipfile extension in SQLite v3.51.1 and earlier allows attackers to obtain heap memory via supplying a crafted ZIP file.
When was CVE-2025-70873 disclosed?
CVE-2025-70873 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 12, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-70873 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-70873 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-70873?
CVE-2025-70873 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-70873?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-70873, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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