CVE-2025-12119
Mongodb C Driver 1.9.0 – 1.30.6
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-12119 is a medium-severity Expired Pointer Dereference (CWE-825) vulnerability in Mongodb C Driver. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 10th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-16 (Memory Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-198092
Vulnerability Data
A mongoc_bulk_operation_t may read invalid memory if large options are passed.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Rejects or sanitizes oversized or malformed options passed to mongoc_bulk_operation_t before the invalid-memory read can occur.
Applies memory-protection mechanisms (e.g., guard pages, bounds checking) that block or contain the expired-pointer dereference described in CWE-825.
Performs runtime integrity checks on executing code and data structures, surfacing anomalous memory access that would result from the bulk-operation flaw.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure-development practices directly prevent coding errors such as use-after-free while one CWE contributes only modestly to the full control.
Lifecycle management includes secure development and maintenance phases that reduce memory-safety defects.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover use-after-free flaws via scanning or analysis.
Routine patching and replacement can eliminate known instances of expired-pointer bugs.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect use-after-free issues, but removing this weakness alone does not fulfill the testing control.
Secure development lifecycle practices can include pointer lifetime and memory-management rules that reduce expired-pointer dereferences.
Application security requirements may mandate safe memory handling, but eliminating this single weakness does not satisfy the broader requirement.
Secure architecture and engineering principles can prescribe memory-safety patterns, yet fixing only this weakness does not achieve the control.
Secure coding standards directly address pointer lifetime and deallocation discipline, substantially mitigating expired-pointer dereference.
Change-management processes can require re-validation of memory safety after modifications, indirectly reducing the weakness.