Bug 2433448 (CVE-2025-14911)

Summary: CVE-2025-14911 mongodb: MongoDB: Denial of Service due to malformed GridFS metadata
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jcantril, manissin, rojacob
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A flaw was found in MongoDB. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing malformed GridFS metadata, specifically user-controlled chunkSize metadata, which lacks appropriate validation. This can lead to an overflow of the bounding container, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) for the MongoDB server.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-27 18:01:30 UTC
User-controlled chunkSize metadata from MongoDB lacks appropriate validation allowing malformed GridFS metadata to overflow the bounding container.