# CVE-2025-0755: MongoDB C Driver bson library may be susceptible to buffer overflow

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.27.5, 8.0.1, 7.0.16
- Published: 2025-03-18 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- MongoDB Inc libbson: fixed in 1.27.5
- MongoDB Inc MongoDB Server: from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.1; from 7.0, fixed in 7.0.16

## Description

The various bson_append functions in the MongoDB C driver library may be susceptible to buffer overflow when performing operations that could result in a final BSON document which exceeds the maximum allowable size (INT32_MAX), resulting in a segmentation fault and possible application crash. This issue affected libbson versions prior to 1.27.5, MongoDB Server v8.0 versions prior to 8.0.1 and MongoDB Server v7.0 versions prior to 7.0.16

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MongoDB, upgrade to a fixed version (1.27.5, 8.0.1, 7.0.16) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [MongoDB](https://cve.now/tech/mongodb.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-94461
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-5601

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