Critical severity · published Mar 28, 2017
CVE-2016-8749
Apache Camel's Jackson and JacksonXML unmarshalling operation are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution attacks
9.8
CVSS
10.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache Camel's Jackson and JacksonXML unmarshalling operation are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution attacks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Camel · Apache
2.16.0; 2.16.1; 2.16.2; 2.16.3; 2.16.4; 2.17.0; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8749
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8749
Vendor Advisory
http://camel.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-8749.txt.asc?version=2&modificationDate=1486565034000&api=v2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/22/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97179
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1832
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
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