Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in MongoDB libbson 1.7.0

CVE-2017-14227 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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