CVE-2015-5218

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de buffer en text-utils/colcrt.c en colcrt en util-linux en versiones anteriores a 2.27 permite a usuarios locales causar una denegación de servicio (caída) a través de un archivo manipulado, relacionado con la variable page global.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-07-01 CVE Reserved
2015-11-09 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8	2018-10-30
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html	2018-10-30
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kernel Search vendor "Kernel"		Util-linux Search vendor "Kernel" for product "Util-linux"				<= 2.22 Search vendor "Kernel" for product "Util-linux" and version " <= 2.22"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Opensuse Project Search vendor "Opensuse Project"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse Project" for product "Leap"				42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse Project" for product "Leap" and version "42.1"		-		Affected