CVE-2025-15614
low
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS v4 NEW
4.8
VIR risk
3.3
Description
ugrep before 7.6.0 contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in the LZW decompressor when processing crafted .Z archive files. Attackers can supply malformed .Z files that cause the decompressor to read one byte past the allocated heap buffer, potentially crashing the process.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep
- https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/blob/v7.5.0/src/zopen.c#L673
- https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/commit/c12849a11264e2c81c860bf78ee9039772f307a4
- https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues/511
- https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.6.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ugrep-before-7.6.0-heap-buffer-over-read-via-z-decompression
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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