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.
HighCVSS 10.0
EPSS 3.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/less(Debian:12) | < 481-1 | 481-1 |
| debian/less(Debian:13) | < 481-1 | 481-1 |
| debian/less(Debian:14) | < 481-1 | 481-1 |
| opensuse | = 13.1 | No fix listed |
| opensuse | = 13.2 | No fix listed |
| GNU less | <= 471 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2014-9488 vendor-advisory
- advisories.mageia.org
- FEDORA-2015-9357 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0595 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:199 vendor-advisory
- blog.fuzzing-project.org
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking