CVE-2015-5218
EPSS 0.08%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-5218
To remediate CVE-2015-5218, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/util-linux—upgrade to 2.27-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-5218 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.27-1