CVE-2019-5439
A Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.
02 Description
A Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-06-13 15:38Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 19:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ba4c54495af3aa0ec61ba28e93ec57e6977fced8fa91689ead65cf5ea08dd1b0
05 Affected products
06 References
- hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/484398
- www.securityfocus.com108769http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4074-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1840http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1909http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1897http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201908-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2015http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.7.1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- vlc Fixed in 3.0.7.1-0ubuntu18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- vlc No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.