CVE-2025-5278

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Publication date:
27/05/2025
Last modified:
22/10/2025

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.