Buffer overflow in Lua
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.116 (95.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Lua — versions 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2
- Mageia — versions 3.0, 4.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
- Opensuse — versions 12.3, 13.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-5461?
- CVE-2014-5461 is a vulnerability in Lua, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-09-04.
- Is CVE-2014-5461 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.