LuaJIT up to 2.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in LuaJIT up to 2.1. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-25177. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in LuaJIT up to 2.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

LuaJIT through 2.1 has an unsinking of IR_FSTORE for NULL metatable, which leads to Denial of Service (DoS).

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-25177 since 02/07/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 246869 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25177), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 85b4fed0b0353dd78c8c875c2f562d522a2b310f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (246869) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-22513). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 246869
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25177

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 85b4fed0b0353dd78c8c875c2f562d522a2b310f

Timelineinfo

02/07/2024 CVE reserved
07/07/2025 +515 days Advisory disclosed
07/07/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/10/2025 +34 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 1147
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-25177 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-25177
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315218
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2025 20:28
Updated: 08/10/2025 18:30
Changes: 07/07/2025 20:28 (56), 07/24/2025 20:26 (2), 07/25/2025 02:42 (1), 08/10/2025 18:30 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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