CVE-2019-5460 Use after free in VLC Media Player
A double free vulnerability in VLC Media Player allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-5460?
CVE-2019-5460 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Opensuse Backports, published on 30 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Double Free in VLC versions <= 3.0.6 leads to a crash.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5460?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap, Videolan Vlc Media Player.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5460?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2019-5460 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Backports
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5460, GHSA-x33h-vmcc-qx88.