CVE-2024-6383 Affecting libbson-xs-perl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBBSONXSPERL-10006640
  • published4 May 2025
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-6383  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 libbson-xs-perl.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libbson-xs-perl package and not the libbson-xs-perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The bson_string_append function in MongoDB C Driver may be vulnerable to a buffer overflow where the function might attempt to allocate too small of buffer and may lead to memory corruption of neighbouring heap memory. This issue affects libbson versions prior to 1.27.1