#VU59148 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in jackson-databind and jackson-core - CVE-2021-46877
Published: January 3, 2022 / Updated: November 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59148
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46877
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jackson-databind
jackson-core
jackson-databind
jackson-core
Software vendor:
FasterXML
FasterXML
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized JsonNode values. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects JDK serialization only.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.