CVE-2015-5218

low
Published 2015-11-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5218

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.27-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.27-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.27-1
debian debiansidfixed2.27-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.27-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
kernelutil-linux{"endIncluding":"2.22"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.