CVE-2014-9488

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU less versions prior to 475

Description The issue is related to the is utf8 well formed function, which can be triggered by malformed UTF-8 characters. This leads to an out-of-bounds read, allowing remote attackers to have an unspecified impact.

Recommendations For GNU less versions prior to 475, update to version 475 or later to resolve the issue.