{"id":"USN-8262-1","summary":"lua5.1 vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that the Lua parser incorrectly handled garbage collection\nwhen processing specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.","modified":"2026-05-11T11:02:34.451525182Z","published":"2026-05-08T09:09:03Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-49844","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-49844"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8262-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-49844"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lua5.1","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lua5.1@5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["5.1.5-8","5.1.5-8ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1","binary_name":"liblua5.1-0"},{"binary_version":"5.1.5-8ubuntu1+esm1","binary_name":"lua5.1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8262-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}