CVE-2014-9488

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.

CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:199
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0139.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00077.html
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/3-less-out-of-bounds-read-access-TFPA-0022014.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159449.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:less:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-04-14 11:59

Updated : 2018-10-30 09:27

NVD link : CVE-2014-9488

Mitre link : CVE-2014-9488

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

gnu

less

opensuse

opensuse

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