Name: CVE-2020-24371: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-24371, CWE-763, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.01745

lgc.c in Lua 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory access violation involving collectgarbage.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade lua5.4	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 17, 2020
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade runtime/lua to version 5.4.0-11.4.27.0.1.82.0 on Solaris 11.4	Jan 19, 2021	Aug 17, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade lua53-develUpgrade liblua5_3-5Upgrade liblua5_3-5-32bitUpgrade lua53Upgrade lua53-doc	Jul 1, 2021	Aug 17, 2020
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Aug 17, 2020

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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