Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24372
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the luajit package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 24.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
LuaJIT through 2.1.0-beta3 has an out-of-bounds read in lj_err_run in lj_err.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | luajit | 2.1.0~beta3+git20210112+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Debian:13 | luajit | 2.1.0~beta3+git20210112+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Debian:14 | luajit | 2.1.0~beta3+git20210112+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | luajit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | luajit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | luajit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | luajit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24372 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | luajit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24372 |