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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25176

LuaJIT through 2.1 and OpenRusty luajit2 before v2.1-20240626 have a stack-buffer-overflow in lj_strfmt_wfnum in lj_strfmt_num.c.

Products
luajit
Affected versions
2.0.4+dfsg-1, 2.1.0+git20231223.c525bcb+dfsg-1, 2.1.0+git20231223.c525bcb+dfsg-1~build1, 2.1.0+openresty20250117-2, 2.1.0+openresty20250117-2ubuntu1, 2.1.0+openresty20251030-1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1build1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-6, 2.1.0~beta3+git20220320+dfsg-4.1
Fixed versions
2.1.0+git20231223.c525bcb+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1, 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1
CVEs
CVE-2024-25176
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25176

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jul 2025, 17:15 UTC

LuaJIT through 2.1 and OpenRusty luajit2 before v2.1-20240626 have a stack-buffer-overflow in lj_strfmt_wfnum in lj_strfmt_num.c.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25176

luajit

Fixed versions: 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

luajit

Fixed versions: 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-5.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

luajit

Fixed versions: 2.1.0~beta3+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1

luajit

Fixed versions: 2.1.0+git20231223.c525bcb+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

luajit

Fixed versions: Not specified

luajit

Fixed versions: Not specified

luajit

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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