DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5218

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/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
2015-11-09T16:59:06.747Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:05:45.619724Z
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

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"
}

Database specific

source

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

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"
}

Database specific

source

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

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"
}

Database specific

source

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

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"
}

Database specific

source

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