GHSA-ch64-4x3c-w3jqMediumCVSS 4.4
A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility's begfield() function is vulnerable to a heap...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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.
🔗 References (11)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1
- 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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch64-4x3c-w3jq