XXE in Fasterxml Jackson-Databind
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 block unspecified JDK classes from polymorphic deserialization.
Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.075 (94.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.075 · newest: 0.075 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fasterxml Jackson-Databind — versions 2.7.0, 2.8.0, 2.9.0
- Oracle Banking Platform — versions 2.5.0, 2.6.0, 2.6.1
- Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management — versions 7.5, 12.0
- Oracle Enterprise Manager For Virtualization — versions 13.2.2, 13.2.3, 13.3.1
- Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure — versions 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4
- Oracle Jdeveloper — versions 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0
- Oracle Primavera Unifier — versions 16.1, 16.2, 18.8
- Oracle Retail Merchandising System — versions 15.0, 16.0
- Oracle Webcenter Portal — versions 12.2.1.3.0
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf640… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b3… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaf… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd… (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bf… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14720?
- CVE-2018-14720 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fasterxml Jackson-Databind, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-02.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14720?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-14720 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.