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CVE-2020-15888

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.45% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-07-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2020-15888
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.45%

Original NVD Description

Lua through 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between stack resizes and garbage collection, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, heap-based buffer over-read, or use-after-free.

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