CVE-2025-11979 — Use After Free in INC Server

CWE-416 — Use After Free4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mongodb INC ServerMongodb
Timeline
PublishedOct 20

Description

An authorized user may crash the MongoDB server by causing buffer over-read. This can be done by issuing a DDL operation while queries are being issued, under some conditions. This issue affects MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.25, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.15, and MongoDB Server version 8.2.0.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5mongodb_inc/server8.0.0 — 8.0.14+2
▶NVDmongodb/mongodb7.0.0 — 7.0.25+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
Use-after-free in the MongoDB server query planner may lead to crash or undefined behavior↗2025-10-20
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OSV
CVE-2025-11979: An authorized user may crash the MongoDB server by causing buffer over-read↗2025-10-20
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GHSA
GHSA-ghg7-x6j9-jm6p: An authorized user may crash the MongoDB server by causing buffer over-read↗2025-10-20
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