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CVE-2021-46877

Published: Mar 18, 2023Updated: Feb 26, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-770
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

jackson-databind 2.10.x through 2.12.x before 2.12.6 and 2.13.x before 2.13.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (2 GB transient heap usage per read) in uncommon situations involving JsonNode JDK serialization.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

n/an/a
com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindMavenOSS Libraries
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat JBoss FuseRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://groups.google.com/g/jackson-user/c/OsBsirPM_Vw
groups.google.com
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3328
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46877
nvd.nist.gov
and 10 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 18, 2023
Last Updated
Feb 26, 2025

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