CVE-2015-5218

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5218
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-09 16:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kernel Util-linux All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Util Linux NG: crash in colcrt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.spinics.net Exploit
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
1259322 – (CVE-2015-5218) CVE-2015-5218 colcrt: global-buffer-overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
colcrt: allocate enough space for data moves [afl & asan] · kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit@70e3fcf · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1910-1: moderate: Security update for util-linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
colcrt: avoid writing beyond array bound [afl & asan] · kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit@d883d64 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671074 EulerOS Security Update for util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-2678)

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