CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-14227

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In MongoDB libbson version 1.7.0, the bson_iter_codewscope function miscalculates a length argument in bson_utf8_validate, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a buffer over-read, leading to service crashes and impacting system availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the libbson library to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In MongoDB libbson 1.7.0, the bson_iter_codewscope function in bson-iter.c miscalculates a bson_utf8_validate length argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read in the bson_utf8_validate function in bson-utf8.c), as demonstrated by bson-to-json.c.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS