lrzsz before 0.13.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in procheader() of the lrz receive utility when copying overlong sender-supplied filenames into Pathname. Malicious ZMODEM senders can supply filenames up to 8192 bytes, overflowing the buffer via sprintf() in pipe mode or strcpy() to corrupt heap memory and crash lrz.

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-120
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Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description lrzsz before 0.13.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in procheader() of the lrz receive utility when copying overlong sender-supplied filenames into Pathname. Malicious ZMODEM senders can supply filenames up to 8192 bytes, overflowing the buffer via sprintf() in pipe mode or strcpy() to corrupt heap memory and crash lrz.
Title lrzsz before 0.13.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via lrz procheader() Pathname
First Time appeared Lrzsz Project
Lrzsz Project lrzsz
Weaknesses CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lrzsz_project:lrzsz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Lrzsz Project
Lrzsz Project lrzsz
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:30:50.710Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T22:00:10.842Z

Link: CVE-2026-105842

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T19:25:48.870Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-06T14:17:41.620

Modified: 2026-10-06T20:17:16.720

Link: CVE-2026-105842

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-06T13:35:47Z

Links: CVE-2026-105842 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T03:15:08Z

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