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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 4.4/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | >= 7.2, < 9.8 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 | — |
| Red Hat | Cost Management 4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Discovery 2 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Discovery 2 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28911
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33124
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33313
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33612
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39981
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50205
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69964
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2
- 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
Timeline
- Published
- May 27, 2025
- Last modified
- Nov 6, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred