CVE-2017-14227

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.

• CWE-125

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100825Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489355Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489356Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489362Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html

Published

Sep 9, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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