CVE-2020-15890 (GCVE-0-2020-15890)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-21 21:35 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:07
VLAI
Summary
LuaJit through 2.1.0-beta3 has an out-of-bounds read because __gc handler frame traversal is mishandled.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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