# CVE-2025-58058: github.com/ulikunitz/xz leaks memory when decoding a corrupted multiple LZMA archives

- Also known as: GO-2025-3922, GHSA-JC7W-C686-C4V9
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.14, 0.5.15
- Published: 2025-08-28 · Updated: 2025-08-29

## Affected

- ulikunitz xz: fixed in 0.5.14
- github.com/ulikunitz/xz (Go): fixed in 0.5.15

## Description

xz is a pure golang package for reading and writing xz-compressed files. Prior to version 0.5.14, 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. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.14.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ulikunitz xz, github.com/ulikunitz/xz, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.14, 0.5.15) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/security/advisories/GHSA-jc7w-c686-c4v9
- https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/commit/88ddf1d0d98d688db65de034f48960b2760d2ae2

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