Resource exhaustion in Mongodb Bson

CVE-2015-4411

The Moped::BSON::ObjecId.legal? method in mongodb/bson-ruby before 3.0.4 as used in rubygem-moped allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker resource consumption) via a crafted string. NOTE: This issue is due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-4410.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.064 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4411?
CVE-2015-4411 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mongodb Bson, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-4411?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-4411 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.