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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-3969 · published 1 October 2013

CVE-2013-3969: Mongodb vulnerability

Mongodb · Mongodb

The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.

6.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399
6.5CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The find prototype in scripting/engine_v8.h in MongoDB 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and server crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid RefDB object.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/06/04/mongodb-rce-by-databasespraying/
http://secunia.com/advisories/54170 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/30/10
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9878
http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/06/04/mongodb-rce-by-databasespraying/
http://secunia.com/advisories/54170 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/30/10
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9878

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-3969), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.