CVE catalog
CVE-2014-9488
less: CVE-2014-9488
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 2.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.89% · Oct 27, 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.
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 | fixed |
| Debian | less | forky | 710+really668-1 | fixed |
| Debian | less | trixie | 668-1 | fixed |
| Debian | less | bookworm | 590-2.1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| Debian | less | bookworm-security | 590-2.1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| Suse | less | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 458-7.3.3 | fixed |
| Suse | less | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 458-7.3.3 | fixed |
| Opensuse | less | tumbleweed | 481-1.5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | less | source | sid | 481-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [780247] |
| Debian | less | source | forky | 481-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [780247] |
| Debian | less | source | trixie | 481-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [780247] |
| Debian | less | source | bookworm | 481-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [780247] |
| Suse | less | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 458-7.3.3 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:2687-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | less | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 458-7.3.3 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2020:2687-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | less | rpm | tumbleweed | 481-1.5 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10183-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [less]Fixed
Details (4)
590-2.1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
481-1dsa · less · debian · bookworm; dsa · less · debian · 12
590-2.1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
481-1dsa · less · debian · bookworm; dsa · less · debian · 12
590-2.1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
481-1dsa · less · debian · bookworm; dsa · less · debian · 12
590-2.1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
481-1dsa · less · debian · bookworm; dsa · less · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [less]Fixed
Details (2)
668-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
481-1dsa · less · debian · 13
668-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
481-1dsa · less · debian · 13
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2020_2687-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9488]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:2687-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9488]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10183-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9488]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-9488.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]