Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cjson package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-CJSON-10245837
  • published26 May 2025
  • disclosed1 Jan 2023

Introduced: 1 Jan 2023

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 cjson.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cjson package and not the cjson package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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