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3CVEs
CVE-2014-9488
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.
Published 2015-04-14 · Modified
10.0EPSS 0.040
CVE-2022-46663
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
Published 2023-02-07 · Modified
7.5EPSS 0.014
CVE-2004-2264
Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a vulnerability unless there are plausible scenarios under which privilege boundaries could be crossed
Published 2005-07-19 · Modified
6.4EPSS 0.020