CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-24369

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 17, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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ldebug.c in Lua 5.4.0 attempts to access debug information via the line hook of a stripped function, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LuaLua5.4.0 (including)5.4.0 (including)
Lua5.1Ubuntutrusty*
Lua5.2Ubuntutrusty*
Lua5.3Ubuntutrusty*
Lua5.4Ubuntugroovy*
Lua5.4Ubuntutrusty*
Lua50Ubuntutrusty*

Potential Mitigations

References