Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a function with a large number of fixed arguments.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5461
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016
• http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23