Vulnerability · Published Aug 8, 2023 · Assigned by Google

CVE-2023-3894DOS in jackson-dataformats-text

Medium 5.8

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in jackson-dataformats-text from FasterXML. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Those using jackson-dataformats-text to parse TOML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavencom.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-toml2.15.0GHSA-rg2c-cfxv-qp6f

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
FasterXML jackson-dataformats-text 0 – before 2.15.0

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

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