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First CVE: Feb 19, 2024 · Active for 2 years

2
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 49% of tracked products
2.0
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 60% of tracked products
8.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 72% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Less over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Feb 19, 2024
2 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Apr 13, 2024
832 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Less2 CVEs
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
High
Attack Vector
Local2 (100.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low2 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (50.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required1 (50.0%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (50.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (50.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (2 CVEs).

2 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename.c. Exploitation typically requires use with at
Apr 13, 20248.621NONO
close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE.
Feb 19, 20247.821NONO

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (2 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (2 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (2 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Less

Top CWEs

Versions

No cataloged versions.