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CVE-2015-5200

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5200 describes a vulnerability in the trace functionality of libvdpau versions prior to 1.1.1, specifically when used in setuid or setgid applications. This flaw allows local users to write to arbitrary files through unspecified vectors, impacting Canonical libvdpau and Ubuntu Linux distributions. With a CVSS score of 6.3, this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to high integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.3MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libvdpau

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5200Moderate

libvdpau vulnerability in trace functionality

Aug 31, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
lists.x.org / archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3355
securityfocus.com / bid/76636
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2729-1