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VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3019: Two vulnerabilities fixed in VLC media player

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 15, 2023
Added
Nov 15, 2023
Modified
Feb 18, 2025

Description

Fix potential arbitrary code execution with system priviledges on uninstallation on Windows (!4292, CVE-2023-46814)

Solution

videolan-vlc-upgrade-3_0_19

References

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