CVE-2023-0437 (GCVE-0-2023-0437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-12 13:33
Modified
2025-11-03 19:27
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MongoDB Inc | MongoDB C Driver |
Version: 1.0.0 < 1.25.0 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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