4.4
Medium
CVE-2025-5278 Coreutils: heap buffer under-read in gnu coreutils sort via key specification
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.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LExploitable with local access to the machine, without an account and if a user takes an action; the impact on data or service is limited.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System 1 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Discovery 2 1784821670 | earliest → < 1784821670 | 1784821670 |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 1785704547 | earliest → < 1785704547 | 1785704547 |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 1782890503 | earliest → < 1782890503 | 1782890503 |
| Cost Management 4 1783539156 | earliest → < 1783539156 | 1783539156 |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.0 1785704547 | earliest → < 1785704547 | 1785704547 |
| Cost Management Metrics Operator 4 1783539156 | earliest → < 1783539156 | 1783539156 |
| Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 1787241260 | earliest → < 1787241260 | 1787241260 |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 1785704547 | earliest → < 1785704547 | 1785704547 |
| Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 1790598593 | earliest → < 1790598593 | 1790598593 |
| Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 1791970484 | earliest → < 1791970484 | 1791970484 |
| Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 1791966259 | earliest → < 1791966259 | 1791966259 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Versions not published |
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