CVE-2017-14227

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html

Timeline

Published: Sep 9, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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