CVE-2018-16790

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    CVE-2018-16790

    Published: 10 Sept 2018Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: _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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00012.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627923#c3, https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819, https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/0d9a4d98bfdf4acd2c0138d4aaeb4e2e0934bd84

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- a690091bae086f267791bd2227400f2035de99e8
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.12.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High