{"id":"USN-5848-1","summary":"less vulnerability","details":"David Leadbeater discovered that less was not properly handling escape\nsequences when displaying raw control characters. A maliciously formed\nOSC 8 hyperlink could possibly be used by an attacker to cause a denial of\nservice.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:56Z","published":"2023-02-09T05:45:43Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46663"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-46663","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-46663"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5848-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-46663"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"less","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/less@590-1ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"590-1ubuntu0.22.04.1"}]}],"versions":["551-2","551-2build1","590-1","590-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"590-1ubuntu0.22.04.1","binary_name":"less"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5848-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-46663","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}