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CVE-2004-2264

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• GNU Less: 358, 381, 382

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0794.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0811.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010988
• http://www.osvdb.org/9014
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17032
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0794.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0811.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010988
• http://www.osvdb.org/9014
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17032

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