Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting mongodb/mongo-c-driver package, versions [1.9.0-rc0, 1.30.6)[2.0.0, 2.1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONGODBMONGOCDRIVER-14054392
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed18 Nov 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-12119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mongodb/mongo-c-driver to version 1.30.6, 2.1.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Expired Pointer Dereference via mongoc_bulk_operation_t when large options are passed. An attacker can cause the application to read invalid memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1