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Vulnerability details: VCID-f7a7-9v4j-5ke3
Vulnerability ID VCID-f7a7-9v4j-5ke3
Aliases CVE-2015-4412
GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj
Summary bson is vulnerable to denial of service due to incorrect regex validation
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 http://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
generic_textual CRITICAL http://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
epss 0.01749 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4412
epss 0.01749 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4412
epss 0.01749 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4412
epss 0.01749 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4412
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229750
generic_textual CRITICAL https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229750
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/commit/976da329ff03ecdfca3030eb6efe3c85e6db9999
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/commit/976da329ff03ecdfca3030eb6efe3c85e6db9999
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/compare/7446d7c6764dfda8dc4480ce16d5c023e74be5ca...28f34978a85b689a4480b4d343389bf4886522e7
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/compare/7446d7c6764dfda8dc4480ce16d5c023e74be5ca...28f34978a85b689a4480b4d343389bf4886522e7
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bson/CVE-2015-4412.yml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bson/CVE-2015-4412.yml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4412
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4412
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/3
generic_textual CRITICAL http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/3
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045
generic_textual CRITICAL http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-4412.json
http://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4412
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229750
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/653
https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby
https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/commit/976da329ff03ecdfca3030eb6efe3c85e6db9999
https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/compare/7446d7c6764dfda8dc4480ce16d5c023e74be5ca...28f34978a85b689a4480b4d343389bf4886522e7
https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045
CVE-2015-4412 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4412
CVE-2015-4412.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bson/CVE-2015-4412.yml
GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229750
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/commit/976da329ff03ecdfca3030eb6efe3c85e6db9999
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/compare/7446d7c6764dfda8dc4480ce16d5c023e74be5ca...28f34978a85b689a4480b4d343389bf4886522e7
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bson/CVE-2015-4412.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4412
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/3
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82963
EPSS Score 0.01749
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:23:59.438338+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6rj-8r3c-9gpj 38.6.0