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GHSA-8549-4C5J-X7G2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-12 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:30

Details

When calling bson_utf8_validate on some inputs a loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached may occur, i.e. an infinite loop. This issue affects All MongoDB C Driver versions prior to versions 1.25.0.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2023-0437 (GCVE-0-2023-0437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 13:33 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:27

Title

MongoDB client C Driver may infinitely loop when validating certain BSON input data

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-01-17 17:59 UTC

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

mongodb CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 204 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-4747
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
MongoDB Inc	MongoDB C Driver	Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.25.0 (custom)
mongodb	c_driver	Affected: 0 , < 1.25.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:c_driver::::::mongodb::*

Date Public

2024-01-12 14:13

Credits

selmelc

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