---
id: "CVE-2026-119372"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-119372"]
title: "SQLite: FTS3 snippet use-after-free lets a query crash the process"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["c", "embedded", "full-text-search", "package", "sqlite"]
not_affected_if: ["default-config", "no-fts3-fts4", "no-untrusted-queries"]
published_at: "2026-10-30T12:16:35+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-30T12:30:23+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-30T12:32:37+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119372", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T12:30:23+00:00"}]
---

# SQLite: FTS3 snippet use-after-free lets a query crash the process

SQLite builds with FTS3/FTS4 and SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS have a use-after-free in fts3BestSnippet() caused by dangling cached position-list pointers. A crafted full-text MATCH query using OR and NEAR with snippet() can read freed heap memory and crash the process.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the SQLite version your application links against, for example `sqlite3 --version`, and compare it with the fixed release.
- Check whether the build defines `SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS` and uses FTS3 or FTS4 tables.

## Fix

- SQLite versions before `3.54.0`: move to `3.54.0` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-30T12:30:23+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119372

## From the sources

SQLite before 3.54.0 built with FTS3/FTS4 and SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS contains a use-after-free vulnerability in fts3BestSnippet() caused by dangling cached position-list pointers. Attackers can run a full-text MATCH query combining OR and NEAR operators with snippet() to read freed heap memory and crash the process.

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