CVE-2019-5439

Summary

CVECVE-2019-5439
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-13 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-06-17 08:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA Buffer Overflow in VLC Media Player < 3.0.7 causes a crash which can possibly be further developed into a remote code execution exploit.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All
Application Videolan Vlc Media Player All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4074-1: VLC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-23) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1840-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1897-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
VLC Media Player CVE-2019-5439 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710138 Gentoo Linux VLC Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-23)
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