CVE-2020-24342
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2020 at 06:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraLua
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Lua through 5.4.0 allows a stack redzone cross in luaO_pushvfstring because a protection mechanism wrongly calls luaD_callnoyield twice in a row.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00052.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/34affe7a63fc5d842580a9f23616d057e17dfe27Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QA5Q5MDQMTGXRQO3PAQ4EZFTYWJXZM5N/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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