CVE-2019-5439 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05295.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Videolan Subscribe	Vlc Media Player Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:videolan:vlc_media_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-4074-1	VLC vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769
https://hackerone.com/reports/484398
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/

History

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2019-06-13T15:38:36.000Z

Updated: 2026-11-02T17:50:11.742Z

Reserved: 2019-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-5439

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:54:53.470Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-13T16:29:01.733

Modified: 2026-11-02T18:18:27.613

Link: CVE-2019-5439

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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