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CVE-2020-15889

Published: 21 July 2020

Lua 5.4.0 has a getobjname heap-based buffer over-read because youngcollection in lgc.c uses markold for an insufficient number of list members.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
bug was introduced in commit f5f3df3bd17fb3489bbd26ab39fe1580a8dbf9c9
which was merged in Lua 5.4

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
lua5.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released
xenial Not vulnerable

lua5.2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream
Released
xenial Not vulnerable

lua5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released
xenial Not vulnerable

lua5.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

lua50
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released
xenial Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H