CVE-2020-15945
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 24, 2020 at 08:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLua
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00123.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/a2195644d89812e5b157ce7bac35543e06db05e3CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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