Ubuntu patches XZ Utils memory corruption flaw across all supported releases
A memory allocation failure in XZ Utils could lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution when processing specially crafted compressed files. An attacker could trigger an invalid memory write, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
- Affected
- XZ Utils all currently supported Ubuntu releases from 14.04 LTS through 26.10
- Severity
- No CVSS score published yet
- Fix
- Fixed in 5.8.3-1ubuntu1 (26.10), 5.8.3-1ubuntu0.1 (26.04 LTS), 5.6.1+really5.4.5-1ubuntu0.4 (24.04 LTS), 5.2.5-2ubuntu1.2 (22.04 LTS).