Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0086
CVE-2005-0086
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in less in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, as demonstrated using the UTF-8 locale.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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