VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. vlc 2019-08-18 2019-08-18 688642 local, remote 3.0.7 3.0.7

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.

Remote attackers, by enticing a user to execute a specially crafted media file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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-3.0.7" CVE-2019-12874 CVE-2019-5439 b-man b-man