CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-9488

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before version 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed UTF-8 characters, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to trigger unexpected application behavior, potentially leading to data exposure or system crashes.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update GNU less to version 475 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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