{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5461","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:47:35.441211Z","published":"2014-08-28T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2338-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-5461"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5461"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2338-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5461"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lua5.1","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua5.1@5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["5.1.5-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"liblua5.1-0"},{"binary_version":"5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"lua5.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5461.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}