Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-5461
CVE-2014-5461
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.
Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
16- www.lua.org/bugs.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1nvdExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4nvdExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/59890nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/60869nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/61411nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23nvd
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