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CVE-2020-9861 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-1-5-for-linux-jsonserialization-limit-recursion-when-parsing/34514 CVEVendor Advisory
https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-1-5-for-linux-jsonserialization-limit-recursion-when-parsing/34514 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apple swift
<= 5.1.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:swift:*:*:*:*:*:ubuntu:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-9861
NVD Published Date:
Nov 2, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-9861 Details - Not Deferred