{"id":"MGASA-2014-0414","summary":"Updated lua and lua5.1 packages fix security vulnerability","details":"A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua handles varargs\nfunctions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to\napplication crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution (CVE-2014-5461).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:47.327207456Z","published":"2014-10-23T13:27:57Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-5461"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14038"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lua5.1","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lua5.1?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.5-2.2.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lua","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lua?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.2.2-1.1.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lua5.1","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lua5.1?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.5-4.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lua","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/lua?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.2.2-2.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}