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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…
High7.5EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Parsing malicious JSON input containing deeply nested "array" or "object" structures may lead to a Denial of Service
- CWE-674 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-674 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < Swift 5.1.5 for Linux
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-9861)Record last updated .