CVE-2020-15888

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00053.html	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00054.html	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00071.html	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00079.html	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/eb41999461b6f428186c55abd95f4ce1a76217d5	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 May 2023, 22:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-120~~	CWE-787 CWE-125
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.0:-::::::

Information

Published : 2020-07-21 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-15888

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15888

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-15888

JSON object : View

Products Affected

lua

lua

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-416

Use After Free

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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