{"id":59368,"date":"2025-07-14T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:32:39","slug":"cve-2024-25176-high-severity-stack-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-luajit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-25176-high-severity-stack-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-luajit\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-25176: High Severity Stack-Buffer-Overflow Vulnerability in LuaJIT<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this blog post is to draw attention to a critical vulnerability identified in LuaJIT, a Just-In-Time Compiler for Lua programming language. This vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-25176, could potentially lead to a system compromise or data leakage if exploited. It is relevant to all developers, system administrators, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50738-memos-application-vulnerability-allows-for-unauthorized-user-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74842\">users who are running applications<\/a> developed with LuaJIT up to version 2.1. With a severity score of 9.8, this is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46835-high-risk-vulnerability-in-git-gui-allows-unauthorized-file-overwrite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67410\">high-risk vulnerability<\/a> that demands immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-25176<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS score: 9.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74841\">Potential system compromise and data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1399485564\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>LuaJIT | Up to 2.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exploit takes advantage of a stack-buffer-overflow in the lj_strfmt_wfnum function located in the lj_strfmt_num.c file of the LuaJIT platform. An attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8159-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-d-link-dir-513-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67408\">overflow the buffer<\/a> by supplying it with more data than it can handle, causing the stack to overflow and overwrite adjacent memory areas. This can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54444-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-code-injection-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67409\">lead to arbitrary code<\/a> execution, giving the attacker the ability to compromise the system or leak sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3721104566\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a theoretical example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this case, the attacker crafts a special Lua script that when executed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49672-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-windows-routing-and-remote-access-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67794\">overflows the buffer<\/a> in the lj_strfmt_wfnum function.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">-- Sample Lua script to exploit the vulnerability\nlocal exploit = string.rep(&quot;A&quot;, 5000) -- Creates a string with 5000 &quot;A&quot;, enough to overflow the buffer\nlocal result = string.format(&quot;%f&quot;, exploit) -- Calls the vulnerable function with the overflowing string<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the latest patch from the vendor. If this is not immediately possible, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary measure to detect and block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80076\">potential exploitation<\/a> attempts. However, these measures will not completely eliminate the vulnerability, so applying the vendor&#8217;s patch should be the ultimate goal.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s important to note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/introducing-the-ameeba-cybersecurity-group-chat\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88441\">cybersecurity<\/a> is an ongoing process. Regular software updates, continuous monitoring, and prompt response to identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7096-critical-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium-12-3-4-8162\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67411\">vulnerabilities are vital to ensuring the security<\/a> of your systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The purpose of this blog post is to draw attention to a critical vulnerability identified in LuaJIT, a Just-In-Time Compiler for Lua programming language. This vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2024-25176, could potentially lead to a system compromise or data leakage if exploited. 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