Buffer overflow in VLC Media Player - CVE-2019-5439
Published: August 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19984
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5439
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing media files in libavi_plugin. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Office document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
VLC Media Player
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5439
Install updates from vendor's website.
VLC Media Player - update to 3.0.7