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High
CVE-2020-15888
Lua through 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between stack resizes and...
Vulnerability Description
Lua through 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between stack resizes and garbage collection, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, heap-based buffer over-read, or use-after-free.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/eb41999461b6f428186c55abd95f4ce1a76217d5
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00053.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00054.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00071.html
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00079.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
5.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 21st, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.