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CVE-2025-15614 (GCVE-0-2025-15614)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 11:37 – Updated: 2026-09-05 11:37
VLAI
Title
ugrep before 7.6.0 Heap Buffer Over-read via .Z decompression
Summary
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.
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Genivia ugrep Affected: 0 , < 7.6.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-10-15 00:00
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