CVE-2014-5461

lua: overflow flaw in vararg functions

Published Sep 4, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 12.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a function with a large number of fixed arguments.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-47-1 lua5.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3015-1 lua5.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3016-1 lua5.2 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2338-1 Lua vulnerability
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.21592}

epss

{'score': 0.22033}

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{'score': 0.22245}

epss

{'score': 0.21592}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:48 AM
Reserved
Aug 26, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 4, 2014, 5:55 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 17, 2013, 12:00 AM