CVE catalog
CVE-2005-0086
less: CVE-2005-0086
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.99% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | less | sid | 710+really668-1 | not affected |
| Debian | less | forky | 710+really668-1 | not affected |
| Debian | less | trixie | 668-1 | not affected |
| Debian | less | bookworm | 590-2.1~deb12u2 | not affected |
| Debian | less | bookworm-security | 590-2.1~deb12u2 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | less | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | less | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | less | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | less | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [less]Not affected
Details (4)
590-2.1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · less · debian · bookworm
590-2.1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · less · debian · bookworm
590-2.1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · less · debian · bookworm
590-2.1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · less · debian · bookworm
Observed: