CVE-2020-28491

Denial of Service (DoS)

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 18, 2021 at 03:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsWebLogic ServerQuarkusJackson Dataformats Binary

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 2.12.0-rc1v < 2.11.4v < 2.12.12.12.0 < v < 2.12.12.12.02.12.0 rc12.12.0 rc22.12.0-rc1
Affected range stops below 2.11.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.0.2
Affected range stops below 2.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

7.5HIGHsnyk
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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