CVE-2019-5439: videolan vlc_media_player Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-5439 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in videolan vlc_media_player. EPSS estimates a 5.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-06-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.