| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ugrep (PTS) | bookworm | 3.11.2+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 7.4.2+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 7.8.2+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ugrep | source | (unstable) | 7.6.0+dfsg-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues/511
Fixed by: https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/commit/c12849a11264e2c81c860bf78ee9039772f307a4 (v7.6.0)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact