High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 7, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-46663
CVE-2022-46663
Description
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
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Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/lesspkg:rpm/opensuse/less&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/less&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/less&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/less&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/less&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4
< 590-2.el9_2+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 590-2.el9_2
- (no CPE)range: < 590-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 590-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 608-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 590-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 590-150400.3.3.1
Patches
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References
6- github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79cnvdPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.609.htmlnvdBroken Link
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/nvd
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