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CVE-2020-15945

Published: Jul 24, 2020Updated: Feb 19, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Lua 5.4.0 (fixed in 5.4.1) has a segmentation fault in changedline in ldebug.c (e.g., when called by luaG_traceexec) because it incorrectly expects that an oldpc value is always updated upon a return of the flow of control to a function.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
lualua
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Red Hat Ceph StorageRed Hat Inc.
On-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
openSUSE TumbleweedNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
luaoss-projectOSS Librariesaka lua
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00123.html
lua-users.org
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/a2195644d89812e5b157ce7bac35543e06db05e3
github.com
https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.4.0-8
lua.org
and 5 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jul 24, 2020
Last Updated
Feb 19, 2025

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