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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,…
High10.0EPSS 3.9%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- FEDORA-2015-9357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/3-less-out-of-bounds-read-access-TFPA-0022014.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0139.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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