CVE-2022-46663

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46663
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-46663.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-46663
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-12T13:33:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "mitre",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46663.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/gwsw/less

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/gwsw/less
Events
Introduced
0f810ef16781bf0f59690be63af876bddabf68bf
Fixed
ece2600cb0f0c8339cfe00ffa8e2dbc28df38622
Fixed
a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:less:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "566"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "609"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
v566
v567
v568
v569
v570
v571
v572
v573
v574
v575
v576
v577
v578
v579
v580
v581
v581-rel
v582
v583
v584
v585
v586
v590
v590-rel
v591
v592
v594
v595
v596
v597
v598
v600
v601
v602
v603
v605
v607
v608
v608-rel

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-46663.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "58901671348007438632014854079711613025",
                "85119929159271542508296639310582854426",
                "166317630355287311982970997246853152845",
                "69188629071763626043601682929949479295",
                "223511038062624614185857981645939365614"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2022-46663-12cbc366",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "line.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "272575288985300010572020423734929327037"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2022-46663-96bbfcd0",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/ece2600cb0f0c8339cfe00ffa8e2dbc28df38622",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "version.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-12T13:33:34Z"