CVE-2026-104895
Published:October 28, 2026
Updated:November 04, 2026
The asynchronous Smile parser (NonBlockingByteArrayParser) uses a raw-binary length prefix taken from untrusted input to allocate a byte[] before the body is read, with no upper bound and no overflow check. On the raw-binary marker 0xFD, _decodeVInt() computes (value << 6) + (i & 0x3F) without the (value >>> 25) != 0 overflow guard present in the blocking SmileParser._readUnsignedVInt, and _startRawBinary then allocates the declared length immediately.
A Smile feed of roughly ten bytes can therefore force an eager allocation of approximately 2 GB, producing an OutOfMemoryError on reactive or asynchronous Smile endpoints. A VInt crafted to overflow int yields a negative length and a NegativeArraySizeException, a RuntimeException that is not a JacksonException and so escapes the parser contract. Either outcome crashes the request or processing thread.
This is the same class of issue as CVE-2020-28491 in the CBOR parser of this library, which was fixed with a LONGEST_NON_CHUNKED_BINARY guard; the asynchronous Smile parser never received the equivalent guard. No privileges or user interaction beyond the ability to submit data for parsing are required.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=jackson-dataformats-binary-3.2.0 <jackson-dataformats-binary-3.2.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version jackson-dataformats-binary-3.2.4https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=jackson-dataformats-binary-2.9.0.pr4 <jackson-dataformats-binary-2.18.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version jackson-dataformats-binary-2.18.12https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=jackson-dataformats-binary-3.0.0 <jackson-dataformats-binary-3.1.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version jackson-dataformats-binary-3.1.8https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=jackson-dataformats-binary-2.19.0 <jackson-dataformats-binary-2.21.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version jackson-dataformats-binary-2.21.8https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformats-binary.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=jackson-dataformats-binary-2.22.0 <jackson-dataformats-binary-2.22.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version jackson-dataformats-binary-2.22.4tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=3.2.0 <3.2.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.2.4com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0-RC1 <2.18.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.18.12tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0 <3.1.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.1.8com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.19.0 <2.21.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.21.8com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.14.0 <2.14.3-jackson-dataformats-binary-2.14.10Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.14.3-jackson-dataformats-binary-2.14.10com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.9.0.pr4 <2.18.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.18.12com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.22.0 <2.22.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.22.4com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.15.0 <2.15.4-jackson-dataformats-binary-2.15.11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.15.4-jackson-dataformats-binary-2.15.11com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.13.0 <2.13.5-jackson-dataformats-binary-2.13.13Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.13.5-jackson-dataformats-binary-2.13.13Related Resources (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
EPSS
Base Score:
0.38