USN-2729-1

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    USN-2729-1

    Published: 3 Sept 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libvdpau vulnerabilities

    Details: Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2729-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5198, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5199, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5200

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libvdpau

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.7-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.7-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High