USN-2338-1

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    USN-2338-1

    Published: 3 Sept 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: lua5.1 vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain vararg functions with a large number of fixed parameters. An attacker could use this issue to cause Lua applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2338-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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

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