High severity · published Sep 9, 2017
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…
7.5
CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
1.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14227
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14227
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html
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