CVE-2019-5459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02825.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Opensuse Subscribe	Backports Subscribe Backports Sle Subscribe Leap Subscribe
Videolan Subscribe	Vlc Media Player Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-15041	An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.

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
https://hackerone.com/reports/502816

History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +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: 2019-07-30T20:24:06.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:13:53.787Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-5459

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:54:53.560Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-30T21:15:12.257

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:16:55.170

Link: CVE-2019-5459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-191

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