CVE-2015-5218

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-11-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5218 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5218

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5218

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.12% 0.61% +0.49%
2 2025-03-30 0.19% 0.12% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5218

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5218

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5218

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-5218 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (util-linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5218
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5218
suse low CVE-2015-5218 severity low: SUSE including 626 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 1023 product×package rows across 77 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (77 product lines)): Fixed 619, Known Not Affected 247, Known Affected 157. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5218/
ubuntu low CVE-2015-5218 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (bsdmainutils, util-linux), 36 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 23, ignored 11, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5218

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5218

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kernel util-linux <= 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5218

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