CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0086

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in less in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, as demonstrated using the UTF-8 locale.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote code execution by an attacker, which could lead to system compromise or disruption of operations.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the less package to a version without this vulnerability and avoid opening untrusted files in a UTF-8 environment.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in less in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, as demonstrated using the UTF-8 locale.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS