# CVE-2020-28491: Denial of Service (DoS)

- Also known as: GHSA-XMC8-26Q4-QJHX, SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLJACKSONDATAFORMAT-1047329
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.11.4, 2.12.1
- Published: 2021-02-18 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor: all versions; fixed in 2.11.4; from 2.12.0-rc1; fixed in 2.12.1
- com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor (Maven): from 2.8.0rc1, fixed in 2.11.4
- com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor (Maven): from 2.12.0rc1, fixed in 2.12.1

## Description

This affects the package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor from 0 and before 2.11.4, from 2.12.0-rc1 and before 2.12.1. Unchecked allocation of byte buffer can cause a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor, com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor, upgrade to a fixed version (2.11.4, 2.12.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLJACKSONDATAFORMAT-1047329
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary/issues/186
- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary/commit/de072d314af8f5f269c8abec6930652af67bc8e6
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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