CVE-2019-20923 (GCVE-0-2019-20923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-23 15:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:03
VLAI
Title
Crash while handling internal Javascript exception types
Summary
A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries, which throw unhandled Javascript exceptions containing types intended to be scoped to the Javascript engine's internals. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.7.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-22 17:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-749 - Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-39481 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Server Affected: 4.0 , < 4.0.7 (custom)
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mongodb mongodb_server Affected: 4.0
    cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2020-11-30 00:00
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