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CVE-2018-14720
FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 7.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databindGHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m (opens in a new tab)
References
32
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190304 [SECURITY] [DLA 1703-1] jackson-databind security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-dev] 20190325 [jira] [Assigned] (SOLR-13112) CVE-2018-14718(-14719),sonatype-2017-0312, CVE-2018-14720(-14721) Threat Level 8 Against Solr v7.6. com.fasterxml.jackson.core : jackson-databind : 2.9.6. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 Remote Hackers... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [lucene-dev] 20190325 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-13112) CVE-2018-14718(-14719),sonatype-2017-0312, CVE-2018-14720(-14721) Threat Level 8 Against Solr v7.6. com.fasterxml.jackson.core : jackson-databind : 2.9.6. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 Remote Hackers... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20190416 [GitHub] [pulsar] one70six opened a new issue #4057: Security Vulnerabilities - Black Duck Scan - Pulsar v.2.3.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [lucene-dev] 20190325 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-13112) CVE-2018-14718(-14719),sonatype-2017-0312, CVE-2018-14720(-14721) Threat Level 8 Against Solr v7.6. com.fasterxml.jackson.core : jackson-databind : 2.9.6. FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 Remote Hackers... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBA-2019:0959 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4452 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190527 [SECURITY] [DSA 4452-1] jackson-databind security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1822 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:1823 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3149 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:4037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [geode-issues] 20200831 [jira] [Created] (GEODE-8471) Dependency security issues in geode-core-1.12 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0198 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x2w5-5m2g-7h5m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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