OESA-2025-1637 (CVE-2025-5278)
Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2025-06-13 11:08 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:08 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
coreutils security update
Details
These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
Security Fix(es):
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.(CVE-2025-5278)
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"database_specific": {
"severity": "Medium"
},
"details": "These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of\nthe old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\nA flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility\u0026apos;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.(CVE-2025-5278)",
"id": "OESA-2025-1637",
"modified": "2026-08-06T11:08:43Z",
"published": "2025-06-13T11:08:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2025-1637"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.2",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "coreutils security update",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2025-5278"
]
}
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