Jackson Release 2.11.4

Patch version of 2.11, released December 12, 2020.

It may be the last full minor version for 2.11.x since 2.12.0 has been released.

Following fixes are included.

Changes, core

Streaming

• #647: Fix NPE in writeNumber(String) method of UTF8JsonGenerator, WriterBasedJsonGenerator

Databind

• #2894: Fix type resolution for static methods (regression in 2.11.3)
• #2944: @JsonCreator on constructor not compatible with @JsonIdentityInfo, PropertyGenerator

Changes, data formats

CBOR

• #186: Eager allocation of byte buffer can cause java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception (CVE-2020-28491)