CVE-2023-53154

Published: May 23, 2025

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

2.9

LOW

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
cJSON project	cJSON	affected `0 - < 1.7.18`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

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