DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5278

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278
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JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5278
Upstream
Published
2025-05-27T21:15:23.197Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:18:24.026350Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.32-4
8.32-4.1

9.*

9.1-1
9.4-1
9.4-2
9.4-3
9.4-3.1
9.5-1
9.6-1
9.6-2
9.7-1
9.7-2
9.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.1-1
9.4-1
9.4-2
9.4-3
9.4-3.1
9.5-1
9.6-1
9.6-2
9.7-1
9.7-2
9.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / coreutils

Package

Name
coreutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.7-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}