UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5461
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UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5461
Published: 28 Aug 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5461, http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2338-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5461
Affected packages
Package
Name: lua5.1
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1
Affected versions
5.1.5-5
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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User Interaction
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Availability
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