Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting mongodb/mongo-c-driver package, versions [,1.27.6)
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- published30 Mar 2025
- disclosed19 Mar 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 19 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2025-0755 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade mongodb/mongo-c-driver to version 1.27.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the bson_add() and bson_append() functions in libbson. An attacker can cause a seg fault and crash by processing a very large BSON document.