UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9488

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9488

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9488.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9488

Upstream

CVE-2014-9488

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:43:06Z

Published

2015-04-14T18:59:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T08:11:14.873794Z

Severity

Ubuntu - low

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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / less

Package

Name: less
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/less@458-2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

458-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "less",
            "binary_version": "458-2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}