CVE-2020-12050
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition...
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
CVE-2020-12050- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
CVE-2020-12050- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4366 No score
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4366- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8q4v-jg8h-7hjg No score
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition...
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
GHSA-8q4v-jg8h-7hjg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
CVE-2020-12050- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-12050
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12050- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12050- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0612-1 No score
Security update for sqliteodbc
This update for sqliteodbc fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2020-12050: Fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability (boo#1171041).
Non-security issues fixed:
- Update to version 0.9996
- update to SQLite 3.22.0
- fixes in handling DDL in SQLExecDirect() et.al., thanks Andre Mikulec for testing
- cleanup utf8/unicode conversion functions
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0612-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0628-1 No score
Security update for sqliteodbc
This update for sqliteodbc fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2020-12050: Fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability (boo#1171041).
Non-security issues fixed:
- Update to version 0.9996
- update to SQLite 3.22.0
- fixes in handling DDL in SQLExecDirect() et.al., thanks Andre Mikulec for testing
- cleanup utf8/unicode conversion functions
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0628-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11401-1 No score
sqliteodbc-0.9998-1.7 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the sqliteodbc-0.9998-1.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11401-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sqliteodbcDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9998-30.9999-10.9999-20.99991-10.99991-20.99991-30.99991-40.99991-5 |
None known |
sqliteodbcDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.99991-20.99991-30.99991-40.99991-5 |
None known |
sqliteodbcDebian:14 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.99991-20.99991-30.99991-40.99991-5 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.999-10.9992-0.1 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9995-1 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9996-10.9996-20.9996-3 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9998-20.9998-3 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.9998-30.9999-20.99991-10.99991-1build1 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.99991-20.99991-2build10.99991-3 |
None known |
sqliteodbcUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.99991-5 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sqliteodbcUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.99991-30.99991-5 |
None known |
sqliteodbcSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 |
before 0.9996-bp151.4.3.1 | 0.9996-bp151.4.3.1 |
sqliteodbcopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 0.9996-lp151.3.3.1 | 0.9996-lp151.3.3.1 |
sqliteodbcopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 0.9998-1.7 | 0.9998-1.7 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12050 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Sqliteodbc Project Sqliteodbc, published April 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. Fixed in sqliteodbc 0.9996-bp151.4.3.1.
References
sysdream.com/news/lab
ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PR6B33IGBADGYDBTEEU36OGERER2HOGQ
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825762
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00013.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12050
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8q4v-jg8h-7hjg
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12050
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12050
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12050
bugzilla.suse.com/1171041
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12050