CVE-2014-9488 is a critical vulnerability affecting GNU less versions prior to 475, as well as specific OpenSUSE distributions of less. It involves an out-of-bounds read within the is_utf8_well_formed function, triggered by malformed UTF-8 characters, potentially leading to severe impact. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 471CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:less:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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