UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53154

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53154
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53154.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53154
Upstream
Published
2025-05-23T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:17:05.470711Z
Severity
  • 2.9 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

parsestring in cJSON before 1.7.18 has a heap-based buffer over-read via {"1":1, with no trailing newline if cJSONParseWithLength is called.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.10-1.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.10-1.1

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.15-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.14-1
1.7.15-1

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / cjson

Package

Name
cjson
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cjson@1.7.17-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.16-1
1.7.16-2
1.7.17-1