Name: CVE-2023-53154: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-53154, CVSS 2.9, EPSS 0.00036

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 2.9
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade cjson	May 28, 2025	May 23, 2025
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libcjson1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcjson1	Jan 27, 2026	May 23, 2025

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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