DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5218

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5218

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5218.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5218

Published

2015-11-09T16:59:06Z

Modified

2025-09-18T00:03:38Z

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5218

Affected packages

Debian:11 / util-linux

Package

Name: util-linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.27-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / util-linux

Package

Name: util-linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.27-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / util-linux

Package

Name: util-linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.27-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / util-linux

Package

Name: util-linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.27-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}