--- title: "CVE-2015-5200\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5200?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-5200 Publication date 1 September 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The trace functionality in libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libvdpau | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 0.9-1ubuntu0.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.7-1ubuntu0.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.4.1-3ubuntu1.2 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5200?format=md#patch-details) ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | libvdpau | * Upstream: [?id=d1f](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/libvdpau/commit/?id=d1f9c16b1a8187110e501c9116d21ffee25c0ba4) | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5200) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5200) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5200) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5200) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2729-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2729-1) + libvdpau vulnerabilities + 3 September 2015 ### Other references * *