Is CVE-2018-16790 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16790 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16790?

CVE-2018-16790 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16790?

CVE-2018-16790 has an EPSS score of 2.14% (80th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16790?

Upgrade libbson-xs-perl on debian 11 to 0.8.4-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16790

HIGHEPSS 80th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

_bson_iter_next_internal in bson-iter.c in libbson 1.12.0, as used in MongoDB mongo-c-driver and other products, has a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted bson buffer.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

libbson-xs-perlDebian

Fixed in:0.8.4-1+deb11u1CVE-2018-16790

Fixed in:0.8.4-2+deb12u1CVE-2018-16790

libbsonUbuntu

Fixed in:1.3.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4812-1

Fixed in:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-4812-1

libbson-1.0-0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.3.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4812-1

Fixed in:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-4812-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

lists.debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.