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Debian DSA-5545-1 Moderate: VLC Media Player Out-Of-Bounds Write

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2023
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A security update DSA-5546-2 addresses a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIMP image editing software for Ubuntu systems.
An out-of-bounds write was discovered in the MMS demuxer of the VLC media player

Summary

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/source-package/vlc

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: vlc
CVE ID: not yet available

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