CVE-2019-5439 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2019-5439 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.5
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1138354 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2019:1840-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023
openSUSE-SU-2019:1897-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023
openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023
openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:49:01 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	`libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-bp151.5.3.3`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1897
SUSE Package Hub 15	`aom-tools >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1` `libaom-devel >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1` `libaom-devel-doc >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1` `libaom0 >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1` `libaom0-64bit >= 1.0.0-bp150.2.1` `libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-bp150.2.6.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2015
openSUSE Leap 15.0	`aom-tools >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1` `libaom-devel >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1` `libaom-devel-doc >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1` `libaom0 >= 1.0.0-lp150.2.1` `libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-lp150.8.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1909
openSUSE Leap 15.1	`libvlc5 >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-devel >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-jack >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.7.1-lp151.6.3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1840
openSUSE Leap 15.2	`libvlc5 >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `vlc >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.10-lp152.1.3`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA libvlc5-3.0.10-lp152.1.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3	`libvlc5 >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `vlc >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.13-bp153.1.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA libvlc5-3.0.13-bp153.1.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4	`libvlc5 >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `vlc >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA libvlc5-3.0.17.3-bp154.1.49
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`libvlc5 >= 3.0.16-1.5` `libvlccore9 >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-codec-gstreamer >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-devel >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-jack >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-lang >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-noX >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-opencv >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-qt >= 3.0.16-1.5` `vlc-vdpau >= 3.0.16-1.5`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11502

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15	libaom	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15	vlc	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	vlc	Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 13 21:39:14 2019
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:07:19 2025