PT-2017-13307 · Mongodb+2 · Libbson+3

Owl337 · Published 2017-09-09 · Updated 2025-11-03 · CVE-2017-14227

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MongoDB libbson version 1.7.0

Description The issue arises from a miscalculation in the bson iter codewscope function, which leads to a denial of service due to a heap-based buffer over-read in the bson utf8 validate function. This can be triggered by remote attackers.

Recommendations For MongoDB libbson version 1.7.0, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version allows for a denial of service attack due to the buffer over-read vulnerability.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14227

DLA-4160-1

USN-4812-1

Affected Products

Debian

Mongodb

Ubuntu

Libbson

References · 36

• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/722424 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-0755 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libbson-xs-perl · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14227 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4812-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07887 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6381 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-11249 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14227 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-4160-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4812-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16790 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02893 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-4160-1 · Vendor Advisory