bpo-31764: Prevent a crash in sqlite3.Cursor.close() in case the Cursor object is uninitialized (GH-4333)

diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
index 323b25d..7eeac32 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@
             pass
         except:
             self.fail("should have raised ProgrammingError")
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(sqlite.ProgrammingError,
+                                     r'^Base Cursor\.__init__ not called\.$'):
+            cur.close()
 
     def CheckConnectionConstructorCallCheck(self):
         """
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-11-08-11-02-01.bpo-31764.gtlhKj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-11-08-11-02-01.bpo-31764.gtlhKj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06af91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-11-08-11-02-01.bpo-31764.gtlhKj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Prevent a crash in ``sqlite3.Cursor.close()`` in case the ``Cursor`` object
+is uninitialized. Patch by Oren Milman.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 3197e78..b7c2d79 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -1014,6 +1014,11 @@
 
 PyObject* pysqlite_cursor_close(pysqlite_Cursor* self, PyObject* args)
 {
+    if (!self->connection) {
+        PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_ProgrammingError,
+                        "Base Cursor.__init__ not called.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
     if (!pysqlite_check_thread(self->connection) || !pysqlite_check_connection(self->connection)) {
         return NULL;
     }