# CVE-2019-5439: CVE-2019-5439

Status: published. Published: 2019-06-13. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- n/a / VLC Media Player: Fixed in 3.0.7 (affected). Source: CNA: hackerone

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 5.29% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 92.58%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-120

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/484398 (CNA: hackerone; x_refsource_MISC)

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769 (CNA: hackerone; vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/ (CNA: hackerone; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html (CNA: hackerone; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html (CNA: hackerone; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html (CNA: hackerone; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23 (CNA: hackerone; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html (CNA: hackerone; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

- https://hackerone.com/reports/484398 (ADP: CVE; x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred)

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108769 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred)

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4074-1/ (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred)

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-23 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred)

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred)

## Provenance

- CNA: hackerone: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5439; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-5439; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

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