Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Newtonsoft.Json

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21907",
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    "title": "Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Newtonsoft.Json",
    "summary": "Newtonsoft.Json before version 13.0.1 is affected by a mishandling of exceptional conditions vulnerability. Crafted data that is passed to the JsonConvert.DeserializeObject method may trigger a StackOverflow exception resulting in denial of service. Depending on the usage of the library, an unauthenticated and remote attacker may be able to cause the denial of service condition.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:40.563419917Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://alephsecurity.com/2018/10/22/StackOverflowException/",
        "https://alephsecurity.com/vulns/aleph-2018004",
        "https://nuget.org/packages",
        "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-NEWTONSOFTJSON-2774678",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/21xxx/CVE-2024-21907.json",
        "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21907",
        "https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5crp-9r3c-p9vr",
        "https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/2457",
        "https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/pull/2462",
        "https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/commit/7e77bbe1beccceac4fc7b174b53abfefac278b66"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507935,
  "published_at": "2024-01-03T15:23:04.441+00:00"
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