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CVE-2019-5439

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

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.

Affected products

• VideoLAN VLC: before 3.0.7 — fixed in 3.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VideoLAN VLC 3.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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/
• 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

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