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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-20925

An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.68%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An unauthenticated client can trigger denial of service by issuing specially crafted wire protocol messages, which cause the message decompressor to incorrectly allocate memory. This issue affects MongoDB Server v4.2 versions prior to 4.2.1; MongoDB Server v4.0 versions prior to 4.0.13; MongoDB Server v3.6 versions prior to 3.6.15 and MongoDB Server v3.4 versions prior to 3.4.24.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.68% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-839, CWE-697
Affected
mongodb/mongodb
Source
cna@mongodb.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.