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.
Published: 2017-09-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4160-1 libbson-xs-perl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5737 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4812-1 libbson vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T19:25:19.804Z

Reserved: 2017-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14227

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-09T08:29:00.287

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14227

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14227 - Bugzilla

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