CVE-2015-5198

Published: Sep 8, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

7.2

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.

Affected (4)

Products: Libvdpau Project: Libvdpau · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libvdpau Project Libvdpau	Up to 1.1.0

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.04

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (18)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253824

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html