Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2026
CVE-2025-15614
CVE-2025-15614
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.
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References
5- github.com/Genivia/ugrep/blob/v7.5.0/src/zopen.cnvd
- github.com/Genivia/ugrep/commit/c12849a11264e2c81c860bf78ee9039772f307a4nvd
- github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues/511nvd
- github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.6.0nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ugrep-before-7.6.0-heap-buffer-over-read-via-z-decompressionnvd
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