CVE-2019-5460 — Double Free in Opensuse Backports

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap, Videolan Vlc Media Player).
2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-415 · Double Free

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 2.53%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
• Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• CVSS changed · 5.5
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• 2019
• CVE published
  Jul 30, 2019 · hackerone

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

5 on the record

• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00005.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00081.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00040.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• hackerone.com/reports/503208
  Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00037.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• High CVE-2026-31431 Linux Kernel Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres Vulnerability KEV Apr 22, 2026
• Medium CVE-2025-51602 Out-of-bounds Read in Videolan Vlc Media Player Jan 16, 2026
• High CVE-2025-32463 Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability KEV Jun 30, 2025
• High CVE-2020-26664 Out-of-bounds Write in Videolan Vlc Media Player Jan 8, 2021
• Critical CVE-2020-16846 SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability KEV Nov 6, 2020
• High CVE-2020-16009 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability KEV Nov 3, 2020

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2019-5460 is "Double Free in Opensuse Backports", rated Medium. It affects Backports (Opensuse); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 5.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 2.53% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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