Vulnerability identifier: #VU85324
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
jackson-dataformats-text
Other software /
Other software solutions
Vendor: FasterXML
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability occurs when parser is running on user supplied input. A remote attacker can supply content that causes the parser to crash by StackOverflow causing a denial of service.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
jackson-dataformats-text: 2.9.0 - 2.14.3
External links
http://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50083
http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/pull/398
http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/blob/2.16/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.