CVE-2017-14227

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14227
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-09 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mongodb Mongodb 1.7.0 All All All
Application Mongodb Mongodb 1.7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1489356 – There is a heap-buffer-overflow in bson_utf8_validate() function of libbson. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
1489355 – There is a heap-buffer-overflow in bson_utf8_validate() function of libbson. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
1489362 – There is a heap-based buffer overflow in bson-to-json.c. MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
MongoDB libbson CVE-2017-14227 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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