CVE-2018-16790
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.66%
Description
_bson_iter_next_internal in bson-iter.c in libbson 1.12.0, as used in MongoDB mongo-c-driver and other products, has a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted bson buffer.
How to fix CVE-2018-16790
To remediate CVE-2018-16790, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libbson-xs-perl—upgrade to 0.8.4-1+deb11u1 or later
- Debian/mongo-c-driver—upgrade to 1.13.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16790 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.8.4-1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1.13.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |