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CVE-2019-5459

CVE-2019-5459HIGH

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

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  N  H    7.1   .0281   86.3     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions          Fixed
  VLC      Fixed in 3.0.7 –  —

TIMELINE
  Jan 4   Reserved by hackerone
  Jul 30  Published (CNA: hackerone)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2019-5459 (VLC). Received CVSS 7.1 and CPE data from NVD.
  Oct 8   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-5459 (VLC). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-191 · CNA: hackerone · CVSS v3.1 · 5 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

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

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
January 4, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by hackerone
July 30, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: hackerone)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2019-5459 (VLC). Received CVSS 7.1 and CPE data from NVD.
October 8, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2019-5459 (VLC). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	VLC	—	Fixed in 3.0.7	—

Weaknesses

CWE-191

References (5)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://hackerone.com/reports/502816 [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-5459 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-191

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