Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core package, versions [,2.15.0-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLJACKSONCORE-10500754
  • published26 Jun 2025
  • disclosed25 Jun 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2025

NewCVE-2025-52999  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core to version 2.15.0-rc1 or higher.

Overview

com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core is a Core Jackson abstractions, basic JSON streaming API implementation

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow due to the parse process, which accepts an unlimited input file with deeply nested data. An attacker can cause a stack overflow and crash the application by providing input files with excessively deep nesting.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1