| Name | CVE-2025-5278 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1106733 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| coreutils (PTS) | bullseye | 8.32-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 9.1-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 9.7-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| coreutils | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 1106733 |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2025-05/msg00036.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2025-05/msg00040.html
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact