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TI-2025-14242 Aliases CVE-2025-15614GHSA-85v4-hj64-h8x4

ugrep before 7.6.0 Heap Buffer Over-read via .Z decompression

Priority LOW 21CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00168 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ugrep (Genivia): 7.6.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Geniviaugrepbefore 7.6.07.6.0Patch availableCNA
  • ugrep VendorGenivia Affected before 7.6.0 Fixed in 7.6.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ugrep (Genivia) Fixed in 7.6.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15614
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85v4-hj64-h8x4

References

Patch 1

Other 4

  • TI-2019-15408 Genivia gSOAP 2.8 - 'gSOAP' Path Traversal CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2019-15405 Genivia Crystal Live HTTP Server 6.01 - 'Crystal Live HTTP Server' Path Traversal CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2020-10656 NULL pointer dereference in Genivia CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-10653 NULL pointer dereference in Genivia gSOAP CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-07148 Integer overflow in the soap_get function in Genivia gSOAP 2.7.x and 2.8.x before 2.8.48… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-10654 Integer overflow in Genivia CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 12 →

Sources

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