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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L - EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-121
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced