CVE-2025-5278 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

4.4