CVE-2013-3969
The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.11% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 June 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mongodb/mongodb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.1% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/06/04/mongodb-rce-by-databasespraying/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54170Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/30/10
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9878
- http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/06/04/mongodb-rce-by-databasespraying/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54170Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/30/10
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9878
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.