CVE-2005-0086
N/A
Published: January 29, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-068.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2404x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145527VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19131VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11027Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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