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CVE-2014-9488 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0139.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159449.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00077.html CVE
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/3-less-out-of-bounds-read-access-TFPA-0022014.html CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:199 CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
opensuse opensuse
13.1
13.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
gnu less
<= 471

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:less:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9488
NVD Published Date:
Apr 14, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]