Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2025· Updated May 19, 2026
CVE-2025-5278
CVE-2025-5278
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.
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Affected products
34- osv-coords32 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/coreutilspkg:rpm/almalinux/coreutils-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/coreutils-singlepkg:rpm/opensuse/coreutils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/coreutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/coreutils-single&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/coreutils-testsuite&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3
< 8.32-41.el9_8+ 31 more
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-41.el9_8
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- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-41.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150300.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150300.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150300.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150300.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.25-13.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150300.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150300.3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.25-13.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.4-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.4-slfo.1.1_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.32-150400.9.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/nvd
- cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/NEWSnvd
- debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cginvd
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278nvd
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