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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 11:37 – Updated: 2026-09-24 14:17
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.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
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
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 14:19 UTC
CWE
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6762 records in the last 180 days details
References
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
Credits
Vlatko Kosturjak
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