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CVE-2020-28491

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28491 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the fasterxml jackson-dataformat-cbor library versions before 2.11.4 and 2.12.0-rc1 through 2.12.1, as well as products like Oracle WebLogic Server and Quarkus that utilize it. This flaw, categorized as CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling), allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial-of-service condition (java.lang.OutOfMemoryError) by exploiting unchecked allocation of byte buffers over a network. While the CVSS score is 7.5, indicating a high risk, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-binary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> 2.12.0, < 2.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-binary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-binary:2.12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-binary:2.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-dataformats-binary:2.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (24)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cborFixed in: 2.11.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cborFixed in: 2.12.1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.2.3Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.10Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat IntegrationFixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.9Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:9.0.15-1.redhat_00002.1.el7sso
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:9.0.15-1.redhat_00002.1.el8sso
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHDM 7.12.0Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.12.0Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: vertx 4.1.2Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:9.0.15-1.redhat_00002.1.el6sso
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Logging 5.1Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-120
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Logging 5.2Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-124
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Logging 5.3Fixed in: openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel8:v6.8.1-123
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1Fixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application RuntimesFixed in: jackson-dataformat-cbor
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: openshift3/ose-logging-elasticsearch5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-hive
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-metering-presto

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-xmc8-26q4-qjhxhigh

Denial of Service (DoS) in Jackson Dataformat CBOR

Dec 9, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-28491Moderate

jackson-dataformat-cbor: Unchecked allocation of byte buffer can cause a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception

Feb 18, 2021

References

github.com / FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary/commit/de072d314af8f5f269c8abec6930652af67bc8e6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary/issues/186
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLJACKSONDATAFORMAT-1047329
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory