From 4e9e44e5258dee7654f74948b0dd5da39c28beec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc <34656315+MarcT512@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 10:49:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix read past end of buffer

Resolves https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/654
---
 apps/json_parse.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/json_parse.c b/apps/json_parse.c
index bba4622183..72b31a860a 100644
--- a/apps/json_parse.c
+++ b/apps/json_parse.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ static int parseit(int fd, int (*callback)(struct json_object *))
 			int parse_end = json_tokener_get_parse_end(tok);
 			if (obj == NULL && jerr != json_tokener_continue)
 			{
-				char *aterr = &buf[start_pos + parse_end];
+				char *aterr = (start_pos + parse_end < sizeof(buf)) ?
+					&buf[start_pos + parse_end] : "";
 				fflush(stdout);
 				int fail_offset = total_read - ret + start_pos + parse_end;
 				fprintf(stderr, "Failed at offset %d: %s %c\n", fail_offset,