CVE-2014-5461

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 22.25% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory lua.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4 mailing list patch exploit third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59890 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1 mailing list patch exploit third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60869 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61411 third party advisory
http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1 patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-5461?
CVE-2014-5461 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-5461?
To fix CVE-2014-5461, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-5461 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-5461 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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