CVE-2015-5199 (GCVE-0-2015-5199)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-08 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-Au… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253826 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2015-08-31 00:00
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