CVE-2023-0437 MongoDB client C Driver may infinitely loop when validating certain BSON input data

2024-01-1213:33:39

CWE-835

mongodb

github.com

mongodb

c driver

infinite loop

validation

cve-2023-0437

CVSS3

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

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

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "MongoDB Inc",
    "product": "MongoDB C Driver",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "lessThan": "1.25.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

ADP Affected

[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:c_driver:*:*:*:*:*:mongodb:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "mongodb",
    "product": "c_driver",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.25.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]