Change JsonReader and JsonSerializer default max depth to 128 (#2462)

Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs

@@ -7995,5 +7995,46 @@ This is just junk, though.";
                 () => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<EmptyJsonValueTestClass>("{ A: \"\", B: 1, C: 123, D: 1.23, E: , F: null }"),
                 "Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: ,. Path 'E', line 1, position 36.");
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SetMaxDepth_DepthExceeded()
+        {
+            JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader("[[['text']]]"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(128, reader.MaxDepth);
+
+            JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
+            Assert.AreEqual(128, settings.MaxDepth);
+            Assert.AreEqual(false, settings._maxDepthSet);
+
+            // Default should be the same
+            Assert.AreEqual(reader.MaxDepth, settings.MaxDepth);
+
+            settings.MaxDepth = 2;
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, settings.MaxDepth);
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, settings._maxDepthSet);
+
+            JsonSerializer serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(settings);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, serializer.MaxDepth);
+
+            ExceptionAssert.Throws<JsonReaderException>(
+                () => serializer.Deserialize(reader),
+                "The reader's MaxDepth of 2 has been exceeded. Path '[0][0]', line 1, position 3.");
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SetMaxDepth_DepthNotExceeded()
+        {
+            JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader("['text']"));
+            JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
+
+            settings.MaxDepth = 2;
+
+            JsonSerializer serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(settings);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, serializer.MaxDepth);
+
+            serializer.Deserialize(reader);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(128, reader.MaxDepth);
+        }
     }
 }

Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs

@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the maximum depth allowed when reading JSON. Reading past this depth will throw a <see cref="JsonReaderException"/>.
+        /// A null value means there is no maximum. 
+        /// The default value is <c>128</c>.
         /// </summary>
         public int? MaxDepth
         {
@@ -327,6 +329,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
             _dateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.RoundtripKind;
             _dateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.DateTime;
             _floatParseHandling = FloatParseHandling.Double;
+            _maxDepth = 128;
 
             CloseInput = true;
         }

Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializer.cs

@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the maximum depth allowed when reading JSON. Reading past this depth will throw a <see cref="JsonReaderException"/>.
         /// A null value means there is no maximum.
-        /// The default value is <c>null</c>.
+        /// The default value is <c>128</c>.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual int? MaxDepth
         {

Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializerSettings.cs

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         internal static readonly CultureInfo DefaultCulture;
         internal const bool DefaultCheckAdditionalContent = false;
         internal const string DefaultDateFormatString = @"yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.FFFFFFFK";
+        internal const int DefaultMaxDepth = 128;
 
         internal Formatting? _formatting;
         internal DateFormatHandling? _dateFormatHandling;
@@ -325,11 +326,11 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the maximum depth allowed when reading JSON. Reading past this depth will throw a <see cref="JsonReaderException"/>.
         /// A null value means there is no maximum.
-        /// The default value is <c>null</c>.
+        /// The default value is <c>128</c>.
         /// </summary>
         public int? MaxDepth
         {
-            get => _maxDepth;
+            get => _maxDepthSet ? _maxDepth : DefaultMaxDepth;
             set
             {
                 if (value <= 0)