CVE-2013-3969: mongodb Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-3969 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mongodb. EPSS estimates a 10.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 01-10-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
10.11%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 10.11% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundMongoDB - 'conn' Mongo Object Remote Code Execution
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mongodb1 product
- mongodbEOL2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4
1 vendor · 1 product
References
5 links- blog.scrt.ch/2013/06/04/mongodb-rce-by-databasespraying/X Refsource MISC
- jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9878X Refsource CONFIRM