CVE-2022-46663 Affecting less package, versions <590-1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.41% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LESS-11747351
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Feb 2023

Introduced: 7 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-46663  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 less to version 590-1.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream less package and not the less package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1