CVE-2019-5439
mediumA Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.
Vendor / product: Videolan — vlc media player
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.
CVSS
6.5
6.5 (CVSS v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2019-06-13 16:29
Modified: 2026-11-02 18:18
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
videolan / vlc_media_player <3.0.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html support@hackerone.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html support@hackerone.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html support@hackerone.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html support@hackerone.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769 support@hackerone.com
- https://hackerone.com/reports/484398 support@hackerone.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23 support@hackerone.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/ support@hackerone.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://hackerone.com/reports/484398 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗