Unscored severity · published Mar 30, 2015
CVE-2015-1609
MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request
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CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MongoDB before 2.4.13 and 2.6.x before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted UTF-8 string in a BSON request.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
through 2.4.12; 2.6.0; 2.6.1; 2.6.2; 2.6.3; 2.6.4; +3 more · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1609
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1609
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152493.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153690.html
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034466
www.splunk.com
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPC3
jira.mongodb.org
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17264
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-13
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