The MongoDB C Driver's legacy GridFS API accepts malformed file metadata from the database without adequate validation. Crafted documents in a GridFS collection may cause any application that reads those files via the legacy API to either crash (via a division-by-zero) or silently leak process memory contents (via an out-of-bounds read).

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First Time appeared Mongodb
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Description The MongoDB C Driver's legacy GridFS API accepts malformed file metadata from the database without adequate validation. Crafted documents in a GridFS collection may cause any application that reads those files via the legacy API to either crash (via a division-by-zero) or silently leak process memory contents (via an out-of-bounds read).
Title Heap memory out of bounds read and crash in C Driver legacy GridFS file reader
Weaknesses CWE-1285
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mongodb

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-20T17:20:32.902Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T15:13:47.129Z

Link: CVE-2026-9100

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-20T17:16:32.360

Modified: 2026-05-20T17:32:35.827

Link: CVE-2026-9100

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Updated: 2026-05-20T17:30:35Z

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