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CVE-2017-14227
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-125
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.
Affected products
- MongoDB: 1.7.0
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
- 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
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