When was CVE-2015-5218 disclosed?

CVE-2015-5218 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 9, 2015, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2015-5218 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-5218 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2015-5218?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-5218, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2015-5218

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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 v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 23.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (12)

secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
secalert@redhathttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes

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