CVE-2014-9488

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
2.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
2.325

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
SUSE-SU-2020:2687-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) less-458-7.3.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:2687-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) less-debuginfo-458-7.3.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:2687-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) less-debugsource-458-7.3.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2014-9488)NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234