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GHSA-8H4W-44QV-79MQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-23 18:32 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33

Details

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.

Severity ?

2.9 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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    "severity": "LOW"
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  "id": "GHSA-8h4w-44qv-79mq",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:57Z",
  "published": "2025-05-23T18:32:12Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/800"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/v1.7.17...v1.7.18"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00014.html"
    }
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CVE-2023-53154 (GCVE-0-2023-53154)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:28

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.

Severity ?

2.9 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/v1.7.…
	https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/800

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cJSON project	cJSON	Affected: 0 , < 1.7.18 (semver)

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2023-53154 (GCVE-0-2023-53154)

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