fasterxml jackson-dataformats-binary CVE-2020-28491 vulnerability in FasterXML and Other Products
Published on February 18, 2021

Denial of Service (DoS)

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This affects the package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor from 0 and before 2.11.4, from 2.12.0-rc1 and before 2.12.1. Unchecked allocation of byte buffer can cause a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-28491 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2020-28491

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FasterXML Jackson Dataformats Binary
 
Quarkus
 
Oracle Weblogic Server
 

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.39%
Percentile
59.63%

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