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Critical
CVE-2014-9488
The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159449.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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0139.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:199
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
13.1, 13.2, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 14th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.