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.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.htmlExploit
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babecIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.htmlExploit
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babecIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 9, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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