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CVE-2015-5199
Published:September 08, 2015
Updated:May 17, 2026
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Related Resources (10)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5199
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253826
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05