Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5545-1 vlc -- security update

Date Reported:
02 Nov 2023
Affected Packages:
vlc
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
No other external database security references currently available.
More information:

An out-of-bounds write was discovered in the MMS demuxer of the VLC media player.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.20-0+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your vlc packages.

For the detailed security status of vlc please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vlc