Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
Package | media-video/vlc on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 3.0.8 |
Unaffected versions | >= 3.0.8 |
VLC is a cross-platform media player and streaming server.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VLC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All VLC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vlc-3.0.8"
Release date
September 06, 2019
Latest revision
September 06, 2019: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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