MEDIUM 4.8 NVD
CVE-2025-15614
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 malform
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.
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
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.8 was published on 2026-09-05 via NVD.
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