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CVE-2019-5459

Published: 30 July 2019

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

Notes

AuthorNote
ebarretto
It also affects faad2

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
faad2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needs triage

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
mantic Needs triage

trusty Needs triage

upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

vlc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

eoan Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

groovy Not vulnerable

hirsute Not vulnerable

impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/16d40d9f8a57b6bdd01b8ee0ecf5147547d5953c
upstream: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/commit/08587dfd0d35eebf9a4ac1509c746307c5cff8e4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H