CVE-2015-5218
Estado: ModificadaBaja (2.1)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 2.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.61%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 47
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
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