CVE-2015-5198 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting libvdpau versions prior to 1.1.1, specifically when used in setuid or setgid applications, impacting Canonical Ubuntu Linux and libvdpau_project. It carries a CVSS v2 score of 7.2 (High), indicating that a local attacker can achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libvdpau_project:libvdpau:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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