CVE-2022-35978 (GCVE-0-2022-35978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-15 19:05
Modified
2025-04-23 17:50
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
Minetest is a free open-source voxel game engine with easy modding and game creation. In **single player**, a mod can set a global setting that controls the Lua script loaded to display the main menu. The script is then loaded as soon as the game session is exited. The Lua environment the menu runs in is not sandboxed and can directly interfere with the user's system. There are currently no known workarounds.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://dev.minetest.net/Changelog#5.5.0_.E2.86.92_5.6.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/da71e86633d0b27cd02d7aac9fdac625d141ca13Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minetest/minetest/security/advisories/GHSA-663q-pcjw-27ccThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://dev.minetest.net/Changelog#5.5.0_.E2.86.92_5.6.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/da71e86633d0b27cd02d7aac9fdac625d141ca13Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/minetest/minetest/security/advisories/GHSA-663q-pcjw-27ccThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
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