UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16790

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16790

    Published: 10 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16790
    Aliases:
    USN-4812-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16790, https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2819, https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/pull/537, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4812-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16790

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libbson

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.3.1-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High