Process crash via unwrapped %g formatter index
Published Jul 7, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Stack-buffer overflow in LuaJIT through 2.1 and OpenResty luajit2 before 2.1-20240626 allows attackers to crash an embedding process. In lj_strfmt_wfnum, the %g trailing-zero loop increments the 64-slot nd ring index without wrapping it, then reads nd[64] while formatting crafted numeric data. Attackers must cause an embedding application to format attacker-influenced data; the proof demonstrates an out-of-bounds read and service interruption, while data disclosure is reported but not demonstrated.
Summary
What happened
Stack-buffer overflow in LuaJIT through 2.1 and OpenResty luajit2 before 2.1-20240626 allows attackers to crash an embedding process. In lj_strfmt_wfnum, the %g trailing-zero loop increments the 64-slot nd ring index without wrapping it, then reads nd[64] while formatting crafted numeric data. Attackers must cause an embedding application to format attacker-influenced data; the proof demonstrates an out-of-bounds read and service interruption, while data disclosure is reported but not demonstrated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-25176
- Published
- Jul 7, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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