Vulnerability · Published Nov 14, 2024 · Assigned by mongodb

CVE-2024-10921Improper neutralization of null bytes may lead to buffer over-reads in MongoDB Server

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in MongoDB Server from MongoDB Inc. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An authorized user may trigger crashes or receive the contents of buffer over-reads of Server memory by issuing specially crafted requests that construct malformed BSON in the MongoDB Server. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to 5.0.30 , MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to 6.0.19, MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.15 and MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to and including 8.0.2.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server 5.0 – before 5.0.306.0 – before 6.0.197.0 – before 7.0.158.0 – before 8.0.3

Weakness: CWE-158 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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