CVE-2015-4412

9.8 CRITICAL 5% exploit odds Fix listed Denial of service Library

What it is

BSON injection vulnerability in the legal? function in BSON (bson-ruby) gem before 3.0.4 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or inject arbitrary data via a crafted string.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
Exploit odds: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2018-02-05 16:29 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-17 00:27 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 4.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2018-02-05 16:29 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-17 00:27 UTC
Exploit probability: 4.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Record status: Modified

Affected

Bson Project Bson 3.0.3

Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 9.8

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Raw vector

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

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record