Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-16790
_bson_iter_next_internal in bson-iter.c in libbson 1.12.0, as used in MongoDB mongo-c-driver and other products, has a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted bson buffer.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 54.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.1
CVSS v2 Score 5.8
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627923#c3
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/0d9a4d98bfdf4acd2c0138d4aaeb4e2e0934bd84
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627923#c3
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/0d9a4d98bfdf4acd2c0138d4aaeb4e2e0934bd84
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html