CVE-2020-36518 vulnerability in FasterXML and Other Products
Published on March 11, 2022
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-36518 is exploitable 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.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2020-36518 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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