CVE-2017-14227
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-09-09
- Last modified
- 2025-11-03
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html
