ubuntu-cve-2018-13863
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-10 20:29
Modified
2025-07-17 16:54
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "node-mongodb",
            "binary_version": "3.5.5+~3.2.7-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "node-mongodb",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-mongodb@3.5.5+~3.2.7-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.5+~3.2.7-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.3.1+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.3.2+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.3.3+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.3.5+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.4.0+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.4.1+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.5.0+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.5.2+~3.2.7-1",
        "3.5.3+~3.2.7-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13863",
  "modified": "2025-07-17T16:54:07Z",
  "published": "2018-07-10T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13863"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/commit/bd61c45157c53a1698ff23770160cf4783e9ea4a"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13863"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-13863"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:44:41Z"
}



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