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CVE-2014-9488

The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed

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.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.02325
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
opensuseall versions
gnu less<= 471
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD14 Apr 2015 · 06:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10183-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:2687-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0139.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159449.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00077.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:199
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/3-less-out-of-bounds-read-access-TFPA-0022014.html
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