Medium severity · published May 14, 2024
CVE-2024-3374
MongoDB Server (mongod) may crash when generating ftdc
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An unauthenticated user can trigger a fatal assertion in the server while generating ftdc diagnostic metrics due to attempting to build a BSON object that exceeds certain memory sizes. This issue affects MongoDB Server v5.0 versions prior to and including 5.0.16 and MongoDB Server v6.0 versions prior to and including 6.0.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
MongoDB · MongoDB
5.0 through 5.0.16; 6.0 through 6.0.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3374
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3374
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-75601
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