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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-14718 EUVD-2019-0177GHSA-645p-88qh-w398

Arbitrary Code Execution in jackson-databind

Published Jan 2, 2019 · Updated Oct 8, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the slf4j-ext class from polymorphic deserialization.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jackson-databind 2.9.8-1 —
Debian 13 jackson-databind 2.9.8-1 —
Debian 12 jackson-databind 2.9.8-1 —
Debian 9 jackson-databind 2.8.6-1+deb9u5 DSA-4452-1
Debian 8 jackson-databind 2.4.2-2+deb8u5 DLA-1703-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS jackson-databind 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 USN-4813-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 3 rh-maven35-jackson-databind +1 2.7.6-2.5.el7 RHSA-2019:0782

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.7 2.9.7 GHSA-645p-88qh-w398
Maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.11.3 2.8.11.3 GHSA-645p-88qh-w398
Maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.9.5 2.7.9.5 GHSA-645p-88qh-w398
Maven com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.7.3 2.6.7.3 GHSA-645p-88qh-w398

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