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Status published
Medium
CVE-2024-6381
MongoDB C Driver bson_strfreev may be susceptible to integer overflow
Vulnerability Description
The bson_strfreev function in the MongoDB C driver library may be susceptible to an integer overflow where the function will try to free memory at a negative offset. This may result in memory corruption. This issue affected libbson versions prior to 1.26.2
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
MongoDB Inc
View all reports →Affected Software
libbson
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 2nd, 2024
Last Modified:
November 3rd, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.