CVE-2023-0437 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-0437: MongoDB client C Driver may infinitely loop when validating certain BSON input data

Vendor Mongodb Inc

Product MongoDB C Driver

Weakness CWE-835

Published January 12, 2024

Last update November 3, 2025

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When calling bson_utf8_validate on some inputs a loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached may occur, i.e. an infinite loop. This issue affects All MongoDB C Driver versions prior to versions 1.25.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 12, 2024 CVE published

November 3, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0437 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

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