Unmarshaling failed when json string contains "\u0000", and it reports "invalid character '\x00' in string literal"

[xiaobai-tx]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go1.19.1

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

YES

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

Linux

What did you do?

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

func UnescapeUnicode(uContent string) (string, error) {
	content := strings.Replace(strconv.Quote(uContent), `\\u`, `\u`, -1)
	text, err := strconv.Unquote(content)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return text, nil
}

func main() {
	v := "{\"aa\":\"some\\u0000\"}"
	v2, _ := UnescapeUnicode(v)
	var m = make(map[string]interface{})
	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(v2), &m)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Println(m)
}

What did you expect to see?

map[aa:some]

What did you see instead?

invalid character '\x00' in string literal

[seankhliao]

it is invalid.

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