CVE-2015-5218
N/A
Published: November 9, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsopenSUSELeapUtil Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babecx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotesQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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