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CVE-2022-33099
An issue in the component luaG_runerror of Lua v5.4.4 and below leads to a heap-buffer overflow when a recursive error occurs.
High7.5EPSS 2.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
An issue in the component luaG_runerror of Lua v5.4.4 and below leads to a heap-buffer overflow when a recursive error occurs.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/42d40581dd919fb134c07027ca1ce0844c670daf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-05/msg00035.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-05/msg00042.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2022-05/msg00073.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#Lua-stack%20overflow%20when%20C%20stack%20overflows%20while%20handling%20an%20error:~:text=Lua-stack%20overflow%20when%20C%20stack%20overflows%20while%20handling%20an%20error (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-b9ed35a7ad (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-5b5889f43a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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