CVE-2025-5278
4.4 MEDIUMA flaw was found in GNU Coreutils
Published: 2025-05-27 · Last updated: 2026-05-19
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 4.4 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CWE
- CWE-121
Description
A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility's begfield() function is vulnerable to a heap buffer under-read. The program may access memory outside the allocated buffer if a user runs a crafted command using the traditional key format. A malicious input could lead to a crash or leak sensitive data.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278
- [Other]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278
- [Other]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
- [Other]https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
- [Other]https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2
- [Other]https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
- [Other]https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/NEWS?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633#n14
- [Other]https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278
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