diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index a7379df5296cb0e5bf2d56e24231d2e80106e50d..8e62531e3fb923643662f7a042b037ccf3c4146a 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,11 @@ static cJSON_bool parse_object(cJSON * const item, parse_buffer * const input_bu
             current_item = new_item;
         }
 
+        if (cannot_access_at_index(input_buffer, 1))
+        {
+            goto fail; /* nothing comes after the comma */
+        }
+
         /* parse the name of the child */
         input_buffer->offset++;
         buffer_skip_whitespace(input_buffer);