CVE-2012-6619: mongodb Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-6619 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mongodb. EPSS estimates a 3.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 06-03-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The default configuration for MongoDB before 2.3.2 does not validate objects, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read system memory via a crafted BSON object in the column name in an insert command, which triggers a buffer over-read.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.89%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.89% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (jira.mongodb.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (blog.ptsecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat4 products
- libmongodb< 0:2.2.4-4.el6ost
- mongodb< 0:2.2.4-4.el6ost
- mongodb-debuginfo< 0:2.2.4-4.el6ost
- mongodb-server< 0:2.2.4-4.el6ost
Mageia1 product
- mongodb< 2.2.2-3.2.mga3
Mongodb1 product
- mongodbEOL≤ 2.3.1 | 1.2.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.6.0 | 1.8.0 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.3.0
Ubuntu1 product
- mongodb< 1:2.4.9-1ubuntu2 | < 1:2.6.10-0ubuntu1 | < 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu1
4 vendors · 7 products
