VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 11.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.71% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · lua/lua · mageia/mageia
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016Third Party Advisory
- http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016Third Party Advisory
- http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.