CVE-2020-9861 (GCVE-0-2020-9861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-02 22:14 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:43
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Summary
A stack overflow issue existed in Swift for Linux. The issue was addressed with improved input validation for dealing with deeply nested malicious JSON input.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Parsing malicious JSON input containing deeply nested "array" or "object" structures may lead to a Denial of Service
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Swift Swift 5.1.5 for Linux Affected: unspecified , < Swift 5.1.5 for Linux (custom)
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