CVE-2025-71316 | SQLite 'sqldiff.exe' does not securely handle the way the Mi… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-71316
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisa-cg
Reserved: 2026-06-04 17:08 UTC
Published: 2026-06-04 17:39 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-10 10:34 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-176
CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding
Vendor / Product: SQLite / sqldiff
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
SQLite	sqldiff	—	0 < 2025-12-26, 2025-12-26

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-176	cna	CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.2	CRITICAL	4.0	cna	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

References (5)