{"id":"CVE-2025-71316","title":"SQLite 'sqldiff.exe' does not securely handle the way the Microsoft Windows C runtime converts Unicode characters to ANSI codepages","summary":"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 str…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-176"],"published":"2026-06-04","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T02:18:25.980","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71316","references":[{"url":"https://i.blackhat.com/EU-24/Presentations/EU-24-Tsai-V2-WorstFit-Unveiling-Hidden-Transformers-in-Windows-ANSI.pdf","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processenv/nf-processenv-getcommandlinea#security-remarks","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2026/va-26-155-01.json","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://sqlite.org/src/file/tool/winmain.c","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71316","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-765416.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00384,"epssPercentile":0.3078,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.897Z","vendor":"SQLite","product":"sqldiff","affected":["sqldiff < 2025-12-26"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-06-05T03:55:53.116575Z"},"slug":"CVE-2025-71316","body":"## Overview\n\nSQLite '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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}