CVE-2025-5278 — Coreutils: heap buffer under-read in gnu coreutils sort via key specification
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 i…
Published: 2025-05-27 · CVSS: 4.4 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7