Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5199
CVE-2015-5199
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libvdpau&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012
< 0.4.1-16.20.2+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.1-16.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.1-16.20.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.8-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.8-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.8-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.8-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.8-3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.htmlnvd
- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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