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Will VLC release a fixed version for this vulnerability related to ffmpeg?

Posted: 16 Jan 2016 08:39

by simultaneouslyc

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47738

Re: Will VLC release a fixed version for this vulnerability related to ffmpeg?

Posted: 16 Jan 2016 10:10

by Rémi Denis-Courmont

It is up to Linux distributions to fix their FFmpeg/libav libraries. There is no need to release VLC for this.

Re: Will VLC release a fixed version for this vulnerability related to ffmpeg?

Posted: 16 Jan 2016 12:35

by simultaneouslyc

I use Windows, what about Windows users?

Re: Will VLC release a fixed version for this vulnerability related to ffmpeg?

Posted: 16 Jan 2016 15:36

by Rémi Denis-Courmont

That would require a rebuild, not a new version.

Re: Will VLC release a fixed version for this vulnerability related to ffmpeg?

Posted: 16 Jan 2016 16:49

by Ludrax

but people will continue to use old 2.2.1