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By the Year
In 2025 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in GNU Less. Less did not have any published security vulnerabilities last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.50 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.00 |
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Recent GNU Less Security Vulnerabilities
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data
CVE-2022-46663
7.5 - High
- February 07, 2023
In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in "less -R" not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal.
Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might
CVE-2004-2264
- December 31, 2004
Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a vulnerability unless there are plausible scenarios under which privilege boundaries could be crossed
