CVE-2015-5218
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-11-09 16:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-07-01
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f1535c01be64a0718e665c17a3ef145b35ec3d09a9f913a5e1369cbc2cddf00a
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1910http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
- www.spinics.net[util-linux] 20150807 crash in colcrthttp://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322
- github.comhttps://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
- www.kernel.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- util-linux Fixed in 2.27-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- util-linux Fixed in 2.27-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- util-linux Fixed in 2.27-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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