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If\na user or automated system were tricked into opening specially crafted\nfiles, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary\ncommands on the host.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:41Z","published":"2024-04-29T10:18:57Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32487"],"upstream":["CVE-2024-32487","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-32487"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6756-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-32487"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"less","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/less@458-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"458-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["458-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"less","binary_version":"458-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): 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