NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lua5.3  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-LUA53-635680
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed17 Aug 2020

Introduced: 17 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-24369  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lua5.3 package and not the lua5.3 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

ldebug.c in Lua 5.4.0 attempts to access debug information via the line hook of a stripped function, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.