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RUSTSEC-2022-0004: Stack overflow in rustc_serialize when parsing deeply nested JSON

0 affected
Crate
rustc-serialize
Patched Versions
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Debian Version
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Issued
2022-01-01
Aliases
GHSA-2226-4v3c-cff8
Patched:Affected

When parsing JSON using json::Json::from_str, there is no limit to the depth of the stack, therefore deeply nested objects can cause a stack overflow, which aborts the process.

Example code that triggers the vulnerability is

fn main() {
    let _ = rustc_serialize::json::Json::from_str(&"[0,[".repeat(10000));
}

serde is recommended as a replacement to rustc_serialize.