CVE-2025-5278 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote No
Type Information disclosure
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.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-2885 coreutils 9.7-1 Medium Vulnerable
References
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2025-05/msg00036.html
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch64-4x3c-w3jq