diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 13d5a02..b16abae 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ static const unsigned char *parse_number(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *num)
     double number = 0;
     unsigned char *endpointer = NULL;
 
+    if (num == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     number = strtod((const char*)num, (char**)&endpointer);
     if ((num == endpointer) || (num == NULL))
     {
diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 378a3e3..ccc250a 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const unsigned char *path)
 
 static int cJSONUtils_Compare(cJSON *a, cJSON *b)
 {
-    if ((a->type & 0xFF) != (b->type & 0xFF))
+    if ((a == NULL) || (b == NULL) || ((a->type & 0xFF) != (b->type & 0xFF)))
     {
         /* mismatched type. */
         return -1;