Upstream information

CVE-2018-16790 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 8.1 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction Required None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact None High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1108029 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Sep 10 14:34:10 2018
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:17:56 2025