High severity · published Jun 5, 2024
CVE-2024-5629
Out-of-bounds read in bson module of PyMongo
8.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An out-of-bounds read in the 'bson' module of PyMongo 4.6.2 or earlier allows deserialization of malformed BSON provided by a Server to raise an exception which may contain arbitrary application memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PY
PyMongo · MongoDB Inc
through 4.6.2 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5629
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5629
Issue Tracking
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-4305
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00007.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00032.html
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