CVE-2022-46663 (GCVE-0-2022-46663)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-25 14:40
VLAI
Summary
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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