Description
Lua v5.4.3 and above are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which can cause a local denial of service.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.html
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-843
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
34
lua/lua
5.4.3
Published
Jan 11, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026