CVE-2023-0437 (GCVE-0-2023-0437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-12 13:33
Modified
2025-11-03 19:27
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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.
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MongoDB Inc MongoDB C Driver Version: 1.0.0   < 1.25.0
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