CVE-2014-5461
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Arch Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.1.5-7 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.1.5-7 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.1.5-7 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.1.5-7 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.1.5-7 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016
- http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5461
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.