VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities

VLC: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. vlc 2017-07-08 2017-07-08 619494 remote 2.2.6 2.2.6

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.

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted subtitles file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-2.2.6"

CVE-2017-8310 CVE-2017-8311 CVE-2017-8312 CVE-2017-8313 whissi b-man