CVE-2015-5199
N/A
Published: September 8, 2015 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLibvdpau
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v ≤ 1.1.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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