CVE-2025-15614
ugrep before 7.6.0 Heap Buffer Over-read via .Z decompression
02 Description
ugrep before 7.6.0 Heap Buffer Over-read via .Z decompression
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.8 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-19.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-05 11:37Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-24 14:17Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-23
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 9fd4e33b8a40f4e7ab571a22390ba6c991dfd475169adf0cf4d33bfba4f6eb89
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comGitHub Issue #511https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues/511
- github.comPatch Commithttps://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/commit/c12849a11264e2c81c860bf78ee9039772f307a4
- github.comVulnerable getcode() read at src/zopen.c:673 (v7.5.0)https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/blob/v7.5.0/src/zopen.c#L673
- github.comugrep v7.6.0 Release Noteshttps://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.6.0
- github.comhttps://github.com/Genivia/ugrep
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: ugrep before 7.6.0 Heap Buffer Over-read via .Z decompressionhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ugrep-before-7.6.0-heap-buffer-over-read-via-z-decompression
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ugrep No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ugrep No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ugrep Fixed in 7.6.0+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- ugrep No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- ugrep No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- ugrep No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.