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 malformed .Z files that cause the decompressor to read one byte past the allocated heap buffer, potentially crashing the process.

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Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS base score
4.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS probability
0.12%
CWE
CWE-125
Published
2026-09-05
Last modified
2026-09-10

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