CVE-2024-39840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Factorio before 1.1.101 allows a crafted server to execute arbitrary code on clients via a custom map that leverages the ability of certain Lua base module functions to execute bytecode and generate fake objects.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00146.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Factorio	Factorio

No data.

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment is a feature of OpenCVE that uses AI to automatically link vendors and products to CVEs. Learn more on GitHub.

Vendors	Products
Factorio	Factorio

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://memorycorruption.net/posts/rce-lua-factorio/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40830005

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-29T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:26:16.039Z

Reserved: 2024-06-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2024-39840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:26:16.039Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-29T17:15:09.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:28:25.043

Link: CVE-2024-39840

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:14:54Z

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "cveMetadata": {"state": "PUBLISHED", "cveId": "CVE-2024-39840", "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T04:26:16.039Z", "dateReserved": "2024-06-29T00:00:00", "datePublished": "2024-06-29T00:00:00"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-29T16:11:00.420196"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Factorio before 1.1.101 allows a crafted server to execute arbitrary code on clients via a custom map that leverages the ability of certain Lua base module functions to execute bytecode and generate fake objects."}], "affected": [{"vendor": "n/a", "product": "n/a", "versions": [{"version": "n/a", "status": "affected"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40830005"}, {"url": "https://memorycorruption.net/posts/rce-lua-factorio/"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"type": "text", "lang": "en", "description": "n/a"}]}]}, "adp": [{"problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-787", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write"}]}], "affected": [{"vendor": "factorio", "product": "factorio", "cpes": ["cpe:2.3:a:factorio:factorio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"], "defaultStatus": "unknown", "versions": [{"version": "0", "status": "affected", "lessThan": "1.1.101", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 8.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}}, {"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2024-07-01T19:18:49.128798Z", "id": "CVE-2024-39840", "options": [{"Exploitation": "poc"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "total"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-07-01T19:24:24.481Z"}}, {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T04:26:16.039Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40830005", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://memorycorruption.net/posts/rce-lua-factorio/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}]}]}, "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40830005", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}, {"url": "https://memorycorruption.net/posts/rce-lua-factorio/", "tags": ["x_transferred"]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T04:26:16.039Z"}}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 8.8, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}}, {"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2024-39840", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "poc"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "total"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-07-01T19:18:49.128798Z"}}}], "affected": [{"cpes": ["cpe:2.3:a:factorio:factorio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"], "vendor": "factorio", "product": "factorio", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "1.1.101", "versionType": "custom"}], "defaultStatus": "unknown"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-787", "description": "CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-07-01T19:23:03.602Z"}}], "cna": {"affected": [{"vendor": "n/a", "product": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40830005"}, {"url": "https://memorycorruption.net/posts/rce-lua-factorio/"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Factorio before 1.1.101 allows a crafted server to execute arbitrary code on clients via a custom map that leverages the ability of certain Lua base module functions to execute bytecode and generate fake objects."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "text", "description": "n/a"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-29T16:11:00.420196"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2024-39840", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T04:26:16.039Z", "dateReserved": "2024-06-29T00:00:00", "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "datePublished": "2024-06-29T00:00:00", "assignerShortName": "mitre"}, "dataVersion": "5.1"}