Integer overflow in MongoDB driver for C - CVE-2024-6381
Published: July 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112136
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6381
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the bson_strfreev() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
MongoDB driver for C
openEuler
Ubuntu
mongo-c-driver (Ubuntu package)
mongo-c-driver
libbson
libbson-devel
mongo-c-driver-debuginfo
mongo-c-driver-debugsource
mongo-c-driver-devel
mongo-c-driver-help
openEuler
Ubuntu
mongo-c-driver (Ubuntu package)
mongo-c-driver
libbson
libbson-devel
mongo-c-driver-debuginfo
mongo-c-driver-debugsource
mongo-c-driver-devel
mongo-c-driver-help
How to mitigate CVE-2024-6381
Install updates from vendor's website.
MongoDB driver for C - update to 1.26.2
mongo-c-driver (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.16.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.21.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.26.0-1.1ubuntu2+esm1
mongo-c-driver - update to 1.27.4-1
libbson - update to 1.27.4-1
libbson-devel - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-debuginfo - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-debugsource - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-devel - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-help - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.16.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.21.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.26.0-1.1ubuntu2+esm1
mongo-c-driver - update to 1.27.4-1
libbson - update to 1.27.4-1
libbson-devel - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-debuginfo - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-debugsource - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-devel - update to 1.27.4-1
mongo-c-driver-help - update to 1.27.4-1