VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-5461

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability12.03%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-09-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a function with a large number of fixed arguments.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references