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CVE-2025-58058

github.com/ulikunitz/xz: github.com/ulikunitz/xz leaks memory

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 29, 2025

Updated · November 4, 2026

Description

A memory leak flaw has been discovered in the golang github.com/ulikunitz/xz package. In affected versions, it is possible to put data in front of an LZMA-encoded byte stream without detecting the situation while reading the header. This can lead to increased memory consumption because the current implementation allocates the full decoding buffer directly after reading the header. The LZMA header doesn't include a magic number or has a checksum to detect such an issue according to the specification. Note that the code recognizes the issue later while reading the stream, but at this time the memory allocation has already been done.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling