# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5460, GHSA-x33h-vmcc-qx88

## 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 (Double Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5460?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap, Videolan Vlc Media Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5460?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2019-14524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14524/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-10592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10592/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-5459](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5459/): Integer overflow in VLC (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2019-5163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5163/): Denial of service in Shadowsocks (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2019-20053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20053/): Null dereference in n/a (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Backports. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.