CVE-2021-44647
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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
- Low. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-01-11 00:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 04:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 62cb938bc04fdc82cf8c4e72da3745766a6b8c25e755ecbc9b309f9ec4b81b52
05 Affected products
06 References
- lua-users.orghttp://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.html
- lua-users.orghttp://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-473560d1a6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lua5.4 Fixed in 5.4.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lua5.4 Fixed in 5.4.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lua5.4 Fixed in 5.4.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.