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CVE-2014-5461

Published: Sep 4, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
11.6%
Top 4.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
lualua
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
mageiamageia
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
luaoss-projectOSS Librariesaka lua
mageiaoss-projectOperating Systemsaka mageia linux
and 2 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
advisories.mageia.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
secunia.com
and 15 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 4, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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