Memory corruption via signed index overflow
Published Jul 2, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Integer overflow in MongoDB libbson before 1.26.2 allows attackers to corrupt process memory through bson_strfreev array cleanup. The function traverses a NULL-terminated string array with a signed integer index, which can wrap negative and pass an invalid element pointer to bson_free. Reachability requires a consuming application to invoke bson_strfreev on an attacker-influenced array long enough to overflow the index; libbson exposes no network service itself.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in MongoDB libbson before 1.26.2 allows attackers to corrupt process memory through bson_strfreev array cleanup. The function traverses a NULL-terminated string array with a signed integer index, which can wrap negative and pass an invalid element pointer to bson_free. Reachability requires a consuming application to invoke bson_strfreev on an attacker-influenced array long enough to overflow the index; libbson exposes no network service itself.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-6381
- Published
- Jul 2, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- MongoDB
- Product
- libbson
- Classifications
- CWE-190
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.26.2
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