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Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-5278

CVE-2025-5278

Medium
Open
TLP:CLEAR

Coreutils: heap buffer under-read in gnu coreutils sort via key specification

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Data Exfiltration

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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.

Details

CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.23%

14.5th percentile

CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Confidence
90%
Published
May 27, 2025
Last Modified
Aug 15, 2026
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