CVE-2020-9861 — Uncontrolled Recursion in 5.1.5 FOR Linux

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 51.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Swift 5.1.5 FOR LinuxApple Swift
Timeline
PublishedNov 2
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5swift/swift_5.1.5_for_linuxunspecified — Swift 5.1.5 for Linux
▶NVDapple/swift5.1.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-g4pr-mpxh-7vhq: A stack overflow issue existed in Swift for Linux↗2022-05-24
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OSV
ckeditor vulnerabilities↗2022-03-23
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OSV
ckeditor vulnerabilities↗2022-03-22
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CVEList
CVE-2020-9861: A stack overflow issue existed in Swift for Linux↗2020-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
swift: stack overflow issue via nested malicious JSON input↗2020-11-02
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