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CVE-2019-5459 json

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

published 7y ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2019-15041

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • videolan vlc_media_player 3.0.7
  • vlc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5459

  • vlc Package Hub 15 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1
  • libaom Package Hub 15 1.0.0-bp150.2.1
  • vlc openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1
  • libaom openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.0.0-lp150.2.1
  • vlc Package Hub 15 SP1 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3
  • vlc openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1897-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1840-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-26-146-05 updated cvss 7.1

ABB Ability Camera Connect

  • ABB Ability Camera Connect <= 1.5.0.14
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB Ability Camera Connect 1.5.0.15
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

2.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/502816 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a VLC

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References

Sources

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