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    CVE-2014-5461

    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.

    Published:Apr 17, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Sep 4, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.1847
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Lua
    Product
    Lua
    Vendor
    Mageia
    Product
    Mageia
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4

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    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High