Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cjson package, versions <1.7.18-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CJSON-10244552
  • published25 May 2025
  • disclosed23 May 2025

Introduced: 23 May 2025

NewCVE-2023-53154  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 cjson to version 1.7.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cjson package and not the cjson package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1