Out-of-Bounds Affecting less package, versions <481-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.13% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LESS-289570
  • published14 Apr 2015
  • disclosed14 Apr 2015

Introduced: 14 Apr 2015

CVE-2014-9488  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable less to version 481-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed UTF-8 characters, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Base Scores

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