Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-42004

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 2.13.4, resource exhaustion can occur because of a lack of a check in BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray to prevent use of deeply nested arrays. An application is vulnerable only with certain customized choices for deserialization.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12jackson-databind2.14.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42004
Debian:13jackson-databind2.14.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42004
Debian:14jackson-databind2.14.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42004
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind2.12.7.1GHSA-rgv9-q543-rqg4
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind2.13.4GHSA-rgv9-q543-rqg4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSjackson-databindno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-42004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSjackson-databindno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-42004
Ubuntu:25.10jackson-databindno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-42004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSjackson-databindno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-42004
Ubuntu:26.10jackson-databindno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-42004

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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