Out-of-bounds Write Affecting lua package, versions [5.1.0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LUA-2327378
  • published29 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-43519  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for lua.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. Stack overflow in lua_resume of ldo.c in Lua Interpreter 5.1.0~5.4.4 allows attackers to perform a Denial of Service via a crafted script file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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