CVE-2026-105842

NameCVE-2026-105842
Descriptionlrzsz before 0.13.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in procheader() of the lrz receive utility when copying overlong sender-supplied filenames into Pathname. Malicious ZMODEM senders can supply filenames up to 8192 bytes, overflowing the buffer via sprintf() in pipe mode or strcpy() to corrupt heap memory and crash lrz.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1150240

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
lrzsz (PTS)bookworm0.12.21-10vulnerable
trixie0.12.21rc-0.2vulnerable
forky, sid0.13.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
lrzszsource(unstable)0.12.21rc-51150240

Notes

[trixie] - lrzsz <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://ohse.de/uwe/software/lrzsz/NEWS-0.13.0.html

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