The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-5278 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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New CVE Received
by [email protected]May. 27, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-121 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764