VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-9488
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability3.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-04-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer