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[NVD] CVE-2026-41992 (HIGH 7.5) — GNU gzip contains a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic caused by improper reuse of shared global state between different decompression formats within a single execution. GNU gzip maintains a global array that is shared across the LZ77, LZW, and LZ

lownvdPublished 2026-06-29

CVE-2026-41992 CVSS: 7.5 HIGH Published: 2026-06-29T12:16:29.940

GNU gzip contains a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic caused by improper reuse of shared global state between different decompression formats within a single execution. GNU gzip maintains a global array that is shared across the LZ77, LZW, and LZH decompression routines and is not reinitialized betw

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41992