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CVE-2014-5461 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59890	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/60869	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/61411	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1	CVE	ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4	CVE	ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59890	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/60869	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/61411	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1	[email protected]	ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4	[email protected]	ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
opensuse opensuse	12.3 13.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04 14.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
lua lua	5.1 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1:::::::* 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:5.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.2.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mageia mageia	3.0 4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 3, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 14, 2014	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 5, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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