Heap-based Buffer Overflow in less in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

CVE-2005-0086 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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