CVE-2019-6706

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

17.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-01-23 00:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 20:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-01-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f2009adb860c72484d2b93b2d52f9003db807ad05c5f8c75c87131f55b2c84da

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151335/Lua-5.3.5-Use-After-Free.html
• github.comhttps://github.com/Lua-Project/cve-analysis/blob/a43c9ccd00274b31fa2f24c6c8f20ce36655682d/CVE-2019-6706.pdf
• github.comhttps://github.com/lua/lua/commit/89aee84cbc9224f638f3b7951b306d2ee8ecb71e
• lua-users.orghttp://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2019-01/msg00039.html
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6706
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230622 [SECURITY] [DLA 3469-1] lua5.3 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00031.htmlmailing-list