Vulnerability · Published Feb 10, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-15570ckolivas lrzip stream.c lzma_decompress_buf use after free
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free in lrzip from ckolivas. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in ckolivas lrzip up to 0.651. This impacts the function lzma_decompress_buf of the file stream.c. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | lrzip | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Debian:13 | lrzip | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Debian:14 | lrzip | 0.660-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | lrzip | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | lrzip | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | lrzip | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | lrzip | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15570 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | lrzip | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15570 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-344926 | ckolivas lrzip stream.c lzma_decompress_buf use after free vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-344926 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #752595 | ckolivas lrzip 0.651 Memory Corruption third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/262 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/21709004/PoC_UAF.zip exploit
- https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/ product
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00011.html