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CVE-2024-25178

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-07-07
  • WeaknessCWE-125

Am I affected?

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Description

LuaJIT through 2.1 and OpenRusty luajit2 before v2.1-20240314 have an out-of-bounds read in the stack-overflow handler in lj_state.c.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-07-0717:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Luajit
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.1≤ 2.1.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • lua51-luajitopenSUSE:Leap 15.6all versions · fixed in 2.1.0~beta2-150000.3.3.1
  • luajitUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
  • luajitUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
  • luajitUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.0.4+dfsg-1+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • luajitUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • luajitUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • luajitUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • luajitUbuntu:25.10all versions · no fixed version listed

26 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2024-25178 Red Hat Product Security2 known affected

    luajit: Out of bounds read in LuaJIT

    luajit as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 · luajit as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2024-25178 · 2 productsMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
  2. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2024-25178 · 2 productsFix deferred

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Published
2025-07-07
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-vw7w-mrf6-7vrv

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25178?

LuaJIT through 2.1 and OpenRusty luajit2 before v2.1-20240314 have an out-of-bounds read in the stack-overflow handler in lj_state.c.

Is CVE-2024-25178 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-25178, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-25178?

CVE-2024-25178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

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