Buffer Overflow Affecting lua package, versions [,5.4.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.32% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LUA-5417145
  • published10 Apr 2023
  • disclosed10 Apr 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2023

CVE-2021-45985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lua to version 5.4.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow when an erroneous finalizer called during a tail call leads to exploitation of this vulnerability.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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