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CVE-2023-3894: DOS in jackson-dataformats-text

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Those using jackson-dataformats-text to parse TOML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Affected products

• FasterXML jackson-dataformats-text: before 2.15.0 — fixed in 2.15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FasterXML jackson-dataformats-text 2.15.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50083
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/blob/2.16/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/pull/398
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=50083
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/blob/2.16/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
• https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-text/pull/398

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