Medium severity · published Nov 23, 2020
CVE-2019-20924
A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries which trigger an invariant in the IndexBoundsBuilder
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A user authorized to perform database queries may trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted queries which trigger an invariant in the IndexBoundsBuilder. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
4.2.0 before 4.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20924
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20924
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-44377
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