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faad2 — security advisory
An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.
- Products
- faad2
- Affected versions
- 2.10.0-1, 2.10.0-2, 2.10.1-1, 2.11.1-1, 2.11.1-1build1, 2.11.2-1, 2.11.2-1build1, 2.7-8, 2.7-8+deb7u1build0.14.04.1, 2.7-8+deb8u3build0.14.04.1~esm1, 2.7-8+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.8.0~cvs20150510-1, 2.8.0~cvs20150510-1ubuntu0.1, 2.8.0~cvs20150510-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 2.8.1-2, 2.8.5-1, 2.8.6-1, 2.8.8-1, 2.8.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.8.8-3.2, 2.9.0-1, 2.9.1-1, 2.9.1-1ubuntu0.1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-5459
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5459
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Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:55:50.172331332Z",
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