CVE-2014-9488

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9488
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-9488.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-9488
Related
Published
2015-04-14T18:59:02Z
Modified
2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

The isutf8well_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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / less

Package

Name
less
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/less?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
481-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / less

Package

Name
less
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/less?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
481-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / less

Package

Name
less
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/less?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
481-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}