CVE-2022-46663
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 7, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:12 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraLess
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
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
- https://github.com/gwsw/less/commit/a78e1351113cef564d790a730d657a321624d79c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LR7AUWB34JD4PCW3HHASBEDGGHFWPAQP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7
References (6)
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-11Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/07/7SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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CWE
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