CVE-2018-14718

FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x before 2.9.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to block the slf4j-ext class from polymorphic deserialization.

Published: 2019-01-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-14718 is rated High Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.68%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-14718

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 14.52% 12.68% -1.84%
2 2026-06-10 14.85% 14.52% -0.33%
3 2026-05-28 14.85%

Full EPSS history (62 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-14718

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-14718

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-14718

GHSA-645p-88qh-w398 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: maven — Arbitrary Code Execution in jackson-databind

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-14718

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-14718 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jackson-databind), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14718
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14718
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-14718 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jackson-databind), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 15, released 2, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14718

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-14718

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fasterxml jackson-databind >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fasterxml jackson-databind >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fasterxml jackson-databind >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fasterxml jackson-databind >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:fasterxml:jackson-databind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_platform 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_platform:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_platform 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_platform:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_platform 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_platform:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_platform 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_platform:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle business_process_management_suite 12.1.3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle business_process_management_suite 12.2.1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_process_management_suite:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_billing_and_revenue_management 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_billing_and_revenue_management 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_instant_messaging_server 10.0.1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_instant_messaging_server:10.0.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle enterprise_manager_for_virtualization 13.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_for_virtualization:13.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle enterprise_manager_for_virtualization 13.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_for_virtualization:13.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle enterprise_manager_for_virtualization 13.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_for_virtualization:13.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure 8.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure 8.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure 8.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_analytical_applications_infrastructure:8.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle global_lifecycle_management_opatch < 11.2.0.3.23 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:global_lifecycle_management_opatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle global_lifecycle_management_opatch >= 12.2.0.1.0, < 12.2.0.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:global_lifecycle_management_opatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle global_lifecycle_management_opatch >= 13.9.4.0.0, < 13.9.4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:global_lifecycle_management_opatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_orchestrator 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_orchestrator:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdeveloper 12.1.3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdeveloper:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdeveloper 12.2.1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdeveloper:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle nosql_database < 19.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:nosql_database:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle nosql_database 19.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:nosql_database:19.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management >= 17.7, <= 17.12 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management 15.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management 15.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management 16.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management:16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management 16.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management:16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management 18.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management:18.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_unifier >= 17.7, <= 17.12 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_unifier 16.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_unifier 16.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle primavera_unifier 18.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:18.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_customer_management_and_segmentation_foundation 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_customer_management_and_segmentation_foundation:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_merchandising_system 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_merchandising_system:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_merchandising_system 16.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_merchandising_system:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle retail_workforce_management_software 1.60.9.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_workforce_management_software:1.60.9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle siebel_engineering_-_installer_\&_deployment <= 19.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:siebel_engineering_-_installer_\&_deployment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle siebel_ui_framework <= 19.10 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:siebel_ui_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle webcenter_portal 12.2.1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_portal:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapcenter cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform >= 3.11, < 3.11.153 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform >= 4.6, < 4.6.26 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform >= 4.1, < 4.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-14718

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106601 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0782 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1782 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1797 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1822 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1823 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2804 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2858 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3002 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3140 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3149 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4037 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/commit/87d29af25e82a249ea15858e2d4ecbf64091db44 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/2097 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.9.7 Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6a78f88716c3c57aa74ec05764a37ab3874769a347805903b393b286%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/82b01bfb6787097427ce97cec6a7127e93718bc05d1efd5eaffc228f%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba973114605d936be276ee6ce09dfbdbf78aa56f6cdc6e79bfa7b8df%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/68 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4452 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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