CVE-2021-44647
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Lua v5.4.3 and above are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which can cause a local denial of service.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-lua-2021-446472024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Lua v5.4.3 and above are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which can cause a local denial of service.
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sources
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references (17)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.htmlcnnvd
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44647cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Lua-denial-of-service-via-funcnamefromcode-37403cnnvd
- http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.htmlenisa_euvd
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