CVE-2018-14719 (High) detected in jackson-databind-2.7.9.4.jar

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CVE-2018-14719 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jackson-databind-2.7.9.4.jar

General data-binding functionality for Jackson: works on core streaming API

Library home page: http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson

Path to dependency file: /gdocx/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.m2/repository/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/jackson-databind/2.7.9.4/jackson-databind-2.7.9.4.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• docx4j-6.1.2.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jackson-databind-2.7.9.4.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c9ecea4c9fb15a5bb07c59c5f7617f9697a6cc3f

Vulnerability Details

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the blaze-ds-opt and blaze-ds-core classes from polymorphic deserialization.

Publish Date: 2019-01-02

URL: CVE-2018-14719

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14719

Release Date: 2019-01-02

Fix Resolution: 2.9.7

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