CVE Alert: CVE-2025-5278
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-5278
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.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
5/27/2025, 9:15:23 PM
⚠️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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