CVE-2018-13863

HIGH

mongodb/js-bson 0.5.0-1.0.4 - Regular Expression Denial of Service in Decimal128.fromString()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:bson:20180225

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0194
EPSS Percentile 77.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (2)
mongodb/js-bson 0.5.0 - 1.0.5
npm/bson 0.5.0 - 1.0.5npm
Published Jul 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026