FKIE_CVE-2023-53154

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-23 16:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 20:16
Severity ?
2.9 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
parse_string in cJSON before 1.7.18 has a heap-based buffer over-read via {"1":1, with no trailing newline if cJSON_ParseWithLength is called.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/v1.7.17...v1.7.18Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/800Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00014.html
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/800Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cjson_project cjson *
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{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cjson_project:cjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "DB89DBA4-DAFF-437E-B8C7-D9096DDD5D95",
              "versionEndExcluding": "1.7.18",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "parse_string in cJSON before 1.7.18 has a heap-based buffer over-read via {\"1\":1, with no trailing newline if cJSON_ParseWithLength is called."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "parse_string en cJSON anterior a 1.7.18 tiene una sobrelectura de b\u00fafer basada en mont\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de {\"1\":1, sin nueva l\u00ednea final si se llama a cJSON_ParseWithLength."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53154",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-03T20:16:06.467",
  "metrics": {
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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      "url": "https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/v1.7.17...v1.7.18"
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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}


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