CVE-2022-46663

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

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.html	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c	Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.html	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c	Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:less:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-02-07 21:15

Updated : 2025-03-25 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-46663

Mitre link : CVE-2022-46663

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-46663

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

gnu

less

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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