PT-2025-23038 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Coreutils+3

Mohamed Maatallah · Published 2025-05-20 · Updated 2026-05-19 · CVE-2025-5278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Coreutils (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw was found in the sort utility's begfield() function, which is vulnerable to a heap buffer under-read. This issue may cause the program to 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.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-10950

CVE-2025-5278

ECHO-D009-FB3C-DD57

MGASA-2025-0172

OESA-2025-1637

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15327-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02353-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02354-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02362-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20523-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20660-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02353-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02354-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02362-1

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Coreutils

Red Os

Suse

References · 56

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02354-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0172.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1637 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-10950 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15327-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5278 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20660-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2025-0172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02362-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02353-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2025-5278 · Vendor Advisory