CVE-2020-24342: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

August 13, 2020 (updated January 26, 2021)

Lua through allows a stack redzone cross in luaO_pushvfstring because a protection mechanism wrongly calls luaD_callnoyield twice in a row.

References

lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00052.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24342

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