Use After Free Affecting lua5.4 package, versions <5.4.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LUA54-2429572
  • published18 Mar 2022
  • disclosed14 Mar 2022

Introduced: 14 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-44964  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 lua5.4 to version 5.4.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lua5.4 package and not the lua5.4 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in garbage collector and finalizer of lgc.c in Lua interpreter 5.4.0~5.4.3 allows attackers to perform Sandbox Escape via a crafted script file.

CVSS Scores

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