7.5

CVE-2016-3104: mongodb Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-3104
Published 14-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3104 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in mongodb. EPSS estimates a 2.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.49% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mongodb1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • mongodbAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links