User-controlled chunkSize metadata from MongoDB lacks appropriate validation allowing malformed GridFS metadata to overflow the bounding container.
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Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mongodb
Mongodb c Driver
Vendors & Products Mongodb
Mongodb c Driver

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description User-controlled chunkSize metadata from MongoDB lacks appropriate validation allowing malformed GridFS metadata to overflow the bounding container.
Title Integer Overflow in GridFS chunkSize Leading to Heap Allocation Failure
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mongodb

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-27T18:15:37.725Z

Reserved: 2025-12-18T18:37:45.996Z

Link: CVE-2025-14911

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-27T18:15:28.101Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-27T18:15:52.603

Modified: 2026-01-27T18:15:52.603

Link: CVE-2025-14911

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-27T20:16:17Z

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