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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 11, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-44647 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Lua lua

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-44647 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-44647 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.html
    Added Reference http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.html
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Lua 5.4.4 and 5.4.2 are affected by SEGV by type confusion in funcnamefromcode function in ldebug.c which can cause a local denial of service. 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.
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-44647 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P3EMGAQ5Y6GXJLY4K5DUOOEQT4MZ4J4F/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.html No Types Assigned http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00195.html Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.html No Types Assigned http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-11/msg00204.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-843
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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