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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-6619

The default configuration for MongoDB before 2.3.2 does not validate objects, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read system memory via a crafted BSON object in the column name in an insert command, which…

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 3.89%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The default configuration for MongoDB before 2.3.2 does not validate objects, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read system memory via a crafted BSON object in the column name in an insert command, which triggers a buffer over-read.

CVSS 2.0
6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS
3.89% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
mongodb/mongodb
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.89%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.