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GNU Coreutils. The CVE-2025-5278

MEDIUM
Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)
2025-05-27 secalert@redhat.com
Information Disclosure Buffer Overflow Stack Overflow
4.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat
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Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
4.4 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Apr 06, 2026 - 14:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:44 vuln.today
CVE Published
May 27, 2025 - 21:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.4

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-121. 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 ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

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Severity: Medium
Product Status
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Container suse/ltss/sle12.5/sles12sp5:8.5.108 Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.65 Image SLE-Micro Image SLE-Micro-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-Azure Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-BYOS-GCE Image SLE-Micro-EC2 Image SLE-Micro-GCE Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-7.34 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:2.1.3-6.58 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:2.1.3-7.67 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:13.2-9.19 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/baremetal-os-container:2.2.1-7.57 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container:2.2.1-5.78 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/kvm-os-container:2.2.1-5.80 Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/rt-os-container:2.2.1-5.71 Image SL-Micro Image SL-Micro-Azure Image SL-Micro-BYOS-Azure Image SL-Micro-BYOS-EC2 Image SL-Micro-BYOS-GCE Image SL-Micro-Base Image SL-Micro-Base-RT Image SL-Micro-Base-RT-SelfInstall Image SL-Micro-Base-RT-encrypted Image SL-Micro-Base-SelfInstall Image SL-Micro-Base-encrypted Image SL-Micro-Base-qcow Image SL-Micro-Default Image SL-Micro-Default-SelfInstall Image SL-Micro-Default-encrypted Image SL-Micro-Default-qcow Image SL-Micro-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-Azure Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-GCE Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-ltd Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-Azure Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-GCE Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-ltd Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2:latest Container suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox:14.2-3.13.149 Container suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox:14.2-7.11.151 Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-GCE Affected

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