CVE-2025-5278

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.
References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28911
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33124
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33313
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33612
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39981
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50205
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69964
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/NEWS?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633#n14
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278
Configurations

No configuration.

History

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Information

Published : 2025-05-27 21:15

Updated : 2026-10-31 04:18


NVD link : CVE-2025-5278

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5278

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-5278


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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow