Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15945
CVE-2020-15945
Description
Lua 5.4.0 (fixed in 5.4.1) has a segmentation fault in changedline in ldebug.c (e.g., when called by luaG_traceexec) because it incorrectly expects that an oldpc value is always updated upon a return of the flow of control to a function.
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Affected products
11- Lua/Luadescription
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/lua5.3-devpkg:apk/chainguard/lua5.3-docpkg:apk/chainguard/lua5.3-libspkg:apk/wolfi/lua5.3-devpkg:apk/wolfi/lua5.3-docpkg:apk/wolfi/lua5.3-libspkg:bitnami/luapkg:rpm/opensuse/lua55&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 5.3.6-r11+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.6-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.6-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.6-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.6-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.6-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.6-r11
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.3.1, < 5.4.0
- (no CPE)range: < 5.5.0~beta1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/lua/lua/commit/a2195644d89812e5b157ce7bac35543e06db05e3nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00123.htmlnvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.lua.org/bugs.htmlnvd
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