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CVE-2019-5460· NVD / CVE Program· CNA hackerone

Double Free in VLC versions <= 3.0.6 leads to a crash.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 84.6% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: vlc (Debian:12) 3.0.7-1; vlc (Debian:9) 3.0.7-0+deb9u1; libaom (openSUSE:Leap 15.0) 1.0.0-lp150.2.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to vlc (Debian:12) 3.0.7-1; vlc (Debian:9) 3.0.7-0+deb9u1; libaom (openSUSE:Leap 15.0) 1.0.0-lp150.2.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 30, 2019
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
EPSS
2.5% · 84th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
videolanvlc media player
opensusebackports
opensuseleap

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • opensuse backportssle-15
  • opensuse leap15.0
  • opensuse leap15.1
  • videolan vlc media playerup to 3.0.6 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hackerone). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a VLC Media Player

    • Fixed in 3.0.7affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12vlcbefore 3.0.7-13.0.7-1
Debian:9vlcbefore 3.0.7-0+deb9u13.0.7-0+deb9u1
openSUSE:Leap 15.0libaombefore 1.0.0-lp150.2.11.0.0-lp150.2.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.0vlcbefore 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.13.0.7.1-lp150.8.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1vlcbefore 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.13.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedvlcbefore 3.0.16-1.53.0.16-1.5
SUSE:Package Hub 15libaombefore 1.0.0-bp150.2.11.0.0-bp150.2.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15vlcbefore 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.13.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1vlcbefore 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.33.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3

Same product

videolan: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2010-3275libdirectx_plugin.dll in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width in an
    60This week
  • CVE-2008-4654Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4
    54Plan
  • CVE-2012-1775Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MMS://
    50Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-13962Jul 18, 2019 · lavc_CopyPicture in modules/codec/avcodec/video.c in VideoLAN VLC media player through 3.0.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read because it do
    40Plan
  • ← EarlierCVE-2019-5459Jul 30, 2019 · An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.
    29Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2019-14437Aug 29, 2019 · The xiph_SplitHeaders function in modules/demux/xiph.h in VideoLAN VLC media player 3.0.7.1 does not check array bounds properly.
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:vlc3.0.7-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:libaom1.0.0-lp150.2.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.0Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:vlc3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:libaom1.0.0-bp150.2.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15Package registry (OSV)
suse:vlc3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-415 · Double Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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