CVE-2015-5198 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5198?

CVE-2015-5198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5198?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Libvdpau Project Libvdpau.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5198?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-5198 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5198, GHSA-354j-fr8h-qqfv, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5198.