Upstream information

CVE-2023-53154 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (MITRE) National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 2.9 5.5 5.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low High
Privileges Required None Low None
User Interaction None None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None High
Integrity Impact None None None
Availability Impact Low High None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 5.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1243631 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 cJSON Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 cJSON Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 cJSON Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 cJSON Not affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri May 23 20:01:28 2025
CVE page last modified: Tue Jun 17 12:11:08 2025