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Updated ugrep package fixes a security vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
ugrep
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
7.8.5-1.mga10
CVEs
CVE-2025-15614
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 08:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Updated ugrep package fixes a security vulnerability

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC

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.

osv:MGASA-2026-0495

ugrep

Fixed versions: 7.8.5-1.mga10

Complete source record
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