Buffer Overflow Affecting mongo-c-driver package, versions [,2.2.0)
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Jan 2026
- disclosed27 Jan 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 27 Jan 2026
CVE-2025-14911 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mongo-c-driver to version 2.2.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the chunkSize metadata field in GridFS, which lacks proper validation. An attacker can cause the bounding container to overflow by supplying malformed metadata, resulting in a denial of service.