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CVE-2018-14720

CVE-2018-14720CRITICAL

n/a n/a — FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow attackers to conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks by leveraging failure to b…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .0752   94.4     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Jul 28  Reserved by mitre
  Jan 2   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 15  ENRICHED — CVE-2018-14720. Received CVSS 9.8 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-502, CWE-611 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.0 · 32 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 28, 2018	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
January 2, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 15, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2018-14720. Received CVSS 9.8 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-502 · CWE-611

References (32)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1106 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1107 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1108 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1140 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4037
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 [Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7 [Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html [Third Party Advisory]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4452 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-14720 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-502 · CWE-611

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