Gnu Less vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-32487 [HIGH] CVE-2024-32487: less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename 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 attacker-controlled file names, such as the files extracted from an untrusted archive. Exploitation also requires the LESSOPEN environment variable, b

CVE-2014-9488 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 CVE-2014-9488: The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified 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.

CVE-2022-48624 [HIGH] CVE-2022-48624: close_altfile in filename close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE.

CVE-2022-46663 [HIGH] CVE-2022-46663: In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sen In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.

CVE-2004-2264 [MEDIUM] CVE-2004-2264: Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might al Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a vulnerability unless there are plausible scenarios under which