CVE-2019-12384

Publication date 24 June 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.9.1 might allow attackers to have a variety of impacts by leveraging failure to block the logback-core class from polymorphic deserialization. Depending on the classpath content, remote code execution may be possible.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Jackson Databind incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or other unspecified impact.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
jackson-databind	25.10 questing	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2.9.8-3
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.4.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4813-1
Jackson Databind vulnerabilities
15 March 2021