Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-5461
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5461
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.31%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 66 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2014-5461
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2014-5461
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
References for CVE-2014-5461
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1
Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144
Broken Link
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1
Exploit;Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1
Patch;Vendor Advisory
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
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http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4
Exploit;Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2014-5461
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*