VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-46663
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.41% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/less · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79cPatch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79cPatch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.