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CVE-2014-9488
Published:April 14, 2015
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (8)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0139.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00077.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:199
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/3-less-out-of-bounds-read-access-TFPA-0022014.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9488
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159449.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9488
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9488
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
10
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-119
EPSS
Base Score:
2.33