{"id":"CVE-2025-5278","details":"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.","modified":"2026-06-30T16:44:35.376071399Z","published":"2025-05-27T21:15:23.197Z","related":["ALSA-2026:28911","ALSA-2026:33124","SUSE-SU-2025:02353-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02354-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02362-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20523-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20660-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15327-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/NEWS?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633#n14"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-5278.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"}]}