Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253826
Scores
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
39.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
15.04
libvdpau_project/libvdpau
< 1.1.0
Published
Sep 08, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026