CVE-2020-9861
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 2, 2020 at 10:14 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSwift
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-1-5-for-linux-jsonserialization-limit-recursion-when-parsing/34514CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674
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