VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-13863

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability1.94%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-07-10

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The MongoDB bson JavaScript module (also known as js-bson) versions 0.5.0 to 1.0.x before 1.0.5 is vulnerable to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in lib/bson/decimal128.js. The flaw is triggered when the Decimal128.fromString() function is called to parse a long untrusted string.

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory