CVE-2015-5198

high

Published 2015-09-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.1.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.1.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.1.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.1.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.1.1-1`
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	15.04	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libvdpau_project	libvdpau	`{"endIncluding":"1.1.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.