vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7973-1 (CVE-2023-53154): cJSON vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 23, 2025 | Jan 27, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 23, 2025
Added
Jan 27, 2026
Modified
Jan 28, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libcjson1
References
- CVE-2023-53154
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-53154
- CWE-125
- UBUNTU-USN-7973-1
- URL-https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/3ef4e4e730e5efd381be612df41e1ff3f5bb3c32
- URL-https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/commit/826cd6f842ae7e46ee38bbc097f9a34f2947388d
- URL-https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/compare/v1.7.17...v1.7.18
- URL-https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/issues/800
- URL-https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON/pull/852
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7973-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53154
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