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+/*
+ * cjson_mutate_fuzzer.c
+ *
+ * Fuzz target for cJSON mutation, duplication, and comparison APIs.
+ * The existing cjson_read_fuzzer covers Parse/Print/Minify only.
+ * This harness exercises the following uncovered paths:
+ *
+ *   cJSON_Duplicate()               - recursive deep copy
+ *   cJSON_Compare()                 - deep equality comparison
+ *   cJSON_InsertItemInArray()       - mid-array insertion (shifts items)
+ *   cJSON_DetachItemFromArray()     - detach + re-insert
+ *   cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer()   - in-place item replacement
+ *   cJSON_AddItemToArray()          - append to array
+ *   cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts()     - length-bounded parser variant
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "../cJSON.h"
+
+/* Consume one byte from the fuzz buffer */
+static uint8_t consume_u8(const uint8_t **data, size_t *size)
+{
+    if (*size == 0) return 0;
+    uint8_t v = **data; (*data)++; (*size)--; return v;
+}
+
+int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
+{
+    if (size < 4) return 0;
+
+    /* First byte selects which operation sequence to run */
+    uint8_t op = consume_u8(&data, &size);
+
+    /* Remaining bytes are the JSON string (may or may not be NUL-terminated) */
+    /* ParseWithLengthOpts accepts non-NUL-terminated input */
+    cJSON *root = cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts(
+        (const char *)data, size, NULL, /*require_null_terminated=*/0);
+    if (root == NULL) return 0;
+
+    switch (op % 6) {
+    case 0: {
+        /* Duplicate (deep copy) then compare for equality */
+        cJSON *copy = cJSON_Duplicate(root, /*recurse=*/1);
+        if (copy != NULL) {
+            cJSON_Compare(root, copy, /*case_sensitive=*/1);
+            cJSON_Delete(copy);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    case 1: {
+        /* Build an array, insert items at various positions */
+        cJSON *arr = cJSON_CreateArray();
+        if (arr != NULL) {
+            /* Append a duplicate of root */
+            cJSON *item0 = cJSON_Duplicate(root, 1);
+            if (item0) cJSON_AddItemToArray(arr, item0);
+
+            /* Insert at position 0 (shifts existing) */
+            cJSON *item1 = cJSON_CreateString("inserted");
+            if (item1) cJSON_InsertItemInArray(arr, 0, item1);
+
+            /* Detach the first element */
+            cJSON *detached = cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(arr, 0);
+            if (detached) cJSON_Delete(detached);
+
+            cJSON_Delete(arr);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    case 2: {
+        /* ReplaceItemViaPointer on the first child of root */
+        if (root->child != NULL) {
+            cJSON *replacement = cJSON_CreateNumber(42.0);
+            if (replacement) {
+                /* ReplaceItemViaPointer transfers ownership on success */
+                if (!cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer(root, root->child, replacement))
+                    cJSON_Delete(replacement);
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    case 3: {
+        /* ParseWithLengthOpts with a deliberately short length */
+        size_t short_len = size / 2;
+        cJSON *partial = cJSON_ParseWithLengthOpts(
+            (const char *)data, short_len, NULL, 0);
+        if (partial) cJSON_Delete(partial);
+        break;
+    }
+    case 4: {
+        /* Duplicate with recurse=0 (shallow) then print */
+        cJSON *shallow = cJSON_Duplicate(root, /*recurse=*/0);
+        if (shallow) {
+            char *printed = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(shallow);
+            if (printed) free(printed);
+            cJSON_Delete(shallow);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    case 5: {
+        /* Compare root against itself (must return true) */
+        cJSON_Compare(root, root, /*case_sensitive=*/0);
+        cJSON_Compare(root, root, /*case_sensitive=*/1);
+        break;
+    }
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(root);
+    return 0;
+}