CVE-2020-15889

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Lua 5.4.0 has a getobjname heap-based buffer over-read because youngcollection in lgc.c uses markold for an insufficient number of list members.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15889

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202010-5

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.4.1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed5.4.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed5.4.0-2
debian debianforkyfixed5.4.0-2
debian debiansidfixed5.4.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed5.4.0-2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.