Vulnerability identifier: #VU45994
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
LuaJIT
Other software /
Other software solutions
Vendor: siddhesh (Siddhesh Poyarekar)
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
LuaJIT through 2.1.0-beta3 has an out-of-bounds read in lj_err_run in lj_err.c.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
LuaJIT: 2.1.0
External links
http://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/603
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.