CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-9861

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-5-1-5-for-linux-jsonserialization-limit-recursion-when-parsing/34514 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2020-11-02 11:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-9861

Mitre link : CVE-2020-9861

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion