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CVE-2022-46663

high

Description

In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7

https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c

http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-07

Updated: 2025-03-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00074