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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-25 14:39 UTC
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details
Show details on NVD website

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