CVE-2015-5198

HIGH 7.2CVE-2015-5198 · Published 08/09/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-5198 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting libvdpau (libvdpau project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.37%, higher than 31.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libvdpau libvdpau_project	`≤ 1.1.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355
securityfocus.com/bid/76636
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

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