{"id":"USN-2338-1","summary":"lua5.1 vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain vararg functions\nwith a large number of fixed parameters. An attacker could use this issue\nto cause Lua applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T08:59:31.318454Z","published":"2014-09-03T13:26:05Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5461"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-5461","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5461"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2338-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/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_name":"liblua5.1-0","binary_version":"5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"lua5.1","binary_version":"5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-5461","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2338-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}