HIGH
libbson: Heap based buffer over read in the bson_utf8_validate function
Published Sep 9, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.80%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (9)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14227 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494401 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14227
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14227
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14227 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1494401 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14227 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14227 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 9, 2017
Updated Nov 3, 2025
Reserved Sep 9, 2017
Link CVE-2017-14227
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a