diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 8411d9477b8a04c6f3e60d182eec6be6b2cb48a6..3a7219ae2a9a6bf73480f589a4756164d2120ff1 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);