THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2025-5278 (MEDIUM 4.4) — 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 cra
[NVD] CVE-2025-5278 (MEDIUM 4.4) — 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 cra
CVE-2025-5278 CVSS: 4.4 MEDIUM Published: 2025-05-27T21:15:23.197
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.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2025-5278cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278