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CVE-2014-9488

CVSS v2.0 10 (High)
100% Progress
EPSS 1.29 % (86th)
1.29% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 3
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2015-04-14 18:59:02
(9 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-10-30 16:27:35
(5 years ago)

Affected Products

Gnu

Opensuse

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1
  Opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Gnu Less 471 and prior versions cpe:2.3:a:gnu:less <= 471