High severity · published Mar 18, 2023
CVE-2021-46877
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JA
Jackson-databind · Fasterxml
2.10.0 before 2.12.6; 2.13.0; 2.13.0; 2.13.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46877
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46877
Exploit
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3328
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/jackson-user/c/OsBsirPM_Vw
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