Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-0437

Title: Mongodb C Driver Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-0437.

CWE Category CWE-835
Published Date Jan 12, 2024
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-0437: When calling bson_utf8_validate on some inputs a loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached may occur, i.e. an infinite loop. This issue affects All MongoDB C Driver versions prior to versions 1.25.0.

Impacted Vendors

M
mongodb 1

Reference Links

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-4747 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GUVOAFZFSYTNBF6R7H4XJM5DHWBRQ6P/ https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-4747 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00027.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GUVOAFZFSYTNBF6R7H4XJM5DHWBRQ6P/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-0437 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.