NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting luajit package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LUAJIT-10749409
  • published15 Jul 2025
  • disclosed7 Jul 2025
  • creditKutyavin Maxim

Introduced: 7 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2024-25177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the snap_unsink function in lj_snap.c.c, which the IR_FSTORE process uses when handling a NULL metatable. An attacker can cause the application to crash or become unresponsive by triggering this condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1