Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-42003
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity unsafe deserialization in the jackson-databind package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.4% (higher than 89% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.4%top 11.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In FasterXML jackson-databind before versions 2.13.4.1 and 2.12.17.1, resource exhaustion can occur because of a lack of a check in primitive value deserializers to avoid deep wrapper array nesting, when the UNWRAP_SINGLE_VALUE_ARRAYS feature is enabled.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | jackson-databind | 2.14.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Debian:13 | jackson-databind | 2.14.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Debian:14 | jackson-databind | 2.14.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Maven | com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind | 2.12.7.1 | GHSA-jjjh-jjxp-wpff |
| Maven | com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind | 2.13.4.2 | GHSA-jjjh-jjxp-wpff |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | jackson-databind | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | jackson-databind | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | jackson-databind | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | jackson-databind | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42003 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | jackson-databind | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42003 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3590
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/d78d00ee7b5245b93103fef3187f70543d67ca33
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=51020
- GLSA-202210-21 vendor-advisory
- DSA-5283 vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0004/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221127 [SECURITY] [DLA 3207-1] jackson-databind security update mailing-list