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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-CJSON-11739429
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed23 May 2025

Introduced: 23 May 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 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:14 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