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jackson-databind — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36518

jackson-databind before 2.13.0 allows a Java StackOverflow exception and denial of service via a large depth of nested objects.

Products
jackson-databind
Affected versions
2.10.0-2, 2.10.1-1, 2.10.2-1, 2.12.1-1, 2.12.5-1, 2.13.0-1, 2.13.0-2, 2.14.0+ds-1, 2.14.0+ds-1build1, 2.14.0+ds-2, 2.14.0-1, 2.2.2-1, 2.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.4.2-2, 2.4.2-3, 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2, 2.8.6-1, 2.9.1-1, 2.9.4-1, 2.9.5-1, 2.9.8-1~18.04, 2.9.9.3-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2020-36518
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36518

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Mar 2022, 07:15 UTC

jackson-databind before 2.13.0 allows a Java StackOverflow exception and denial of service via a large depth of nested objects.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36518

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Complete source record
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