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source: vlc (main)
version: 3.0.23-3
maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Reinhard Tartler [DMD] – Benjamin Drung [DMD] – Sebastian Ramacher [DMD] – Mateusz Łukasik [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.0.21-0+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb11u1
oldstable: 3.0.23-0+deb12u1
old-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb12u1
stable: 3.0.23-0+deb13u1
stable-sec: 3.0.23-0+deb13u1
testing: 3.0.23-3
unstable: 3.0.23-3

versioned links

3.0.21-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-0+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-0+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-0+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.23-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libvlc-bin
libvlc-dev
libvlc5
libvlccore-dev
libvlccore9
vlc (42 bugs: 0, 34, 8, 0)
vlc-bin
vlc-data
vlc-l10n
vlc-plugin-access-extra
vlc-plugin-base (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth
vlc-plugin-jack (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
vlc-plugin-notify
vlc-plugin-qt
vlc-plugin-samba
vlc-plugin-skins2
vlc-plugin-svg
vlc-plugin-video-output
vlc-plugin-video-splitter
vlc-plugin-visualization

action needed

2 security issues in trixie high

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 important issues:

CVE-2026-56711: VLC media player computes the size of a picture buffer with 32-bit arithmetic and allocates from the wrapped result. In AllocatePicture in src/misc/picture.c the running total is accumulated as i_bytes += p->i_pitch * p->i_lines, and both plane_t fields are declared int in include/vlc_picture.h, so the multiplication is evaluated at 32 bits and wraps before it is widened to the size_t accumulator. The overflow check that precedes it divides in 64-bit arithmetic and therefore does not constrain the product, and the subsequent comparison against PICTURE_SW_SIZE_MAX examines the already wrapped value, so both guards pass. aligned_alloc then reserves the small wrapped size while the decoder writes scanlines sized from the original dimensions. A crafted PNG whose IHDR declares large width and height reaches this path through the image demuxer, whose only size guard is on the input file's byte count rather than the declared dimensions, and the decoder in modules/codec/png.c writes past the end of the allocation with attacker-influenced length and content. Opening the file directly or through a playlist entry is sufficient, with no non-default settings.
CVE-2026-73324: VLC media player copies an RTSP response line into a fixed buffer without guaranteeing termination and then treats that buffer as a C string. RtspReadLine in modules/access/rtsp/access.c calls strncpy with the full buffer length, which writes no terminator when the source line is at least as long as the destination, and rtsp_get in modules/access/rtsp/rtsp.c allocates that buffer as BUF_SIZE bytes and passes it to strdup. When a server returns a line of 4096 bytes or more, strdup measures its length past the end of the allocation and copies adjacent heap bytes until an incidental zero byte. Because the affected line is the Session header, the disclosed bytes are retained as the session identifier and sent back to the server on every subsequent request, so the operator of a hostile server reads heap memory from the client rather than inferring it. The attacker controls the line length and therefore how far the read runs. A single playlist entry naming a realrtsp URL is sufficient. The module is a build-time option, disabled in some distribution packages and enabled in the official VideoLAN builds.

Created: 2026-09-12 Last update: 2026-09-12 13:32

2 security issues in sid high

There are 2 open security issues in sid.

2 important issues:

CVE-2026-56711: VLC media player computes the size of a picture buffer with 32-bit arithmetic and allocates from the wrapped result. In AllocatePicture in src/misc/picture.c the running total is accumulated as i_bytes += p->i_pitch * p->i_lines, and both plane_t fields are declared int in include/vlc_picture.h, so the multiplication is evaluated at 32 bits and wraps before it is widened to the size_t accumulator. The overflow check that precedes it divides in 64-bit arithmetic and therefore does not constrain the product, and the subsequent comparison against PICTURE_SW_SIZE_MAX examines the already wrapped value, so both guards pass. aligned_alloc then reserves the small wrapped size while the decoder writes scanlines sized from the original dimensions. A crafted PNG whose IHDR declares large width and height reaches this path through the image demuxer, whose only size guard is on the input file's byte count rather than the declared dimensions, and the decoder in modules/codec/png.c writes past the end of the allocation with attacker-influenced length and content. Opening the file directly or through a playlist entry is sufficient, with no non-default settings.
CVE-2026-73324: VLC media player copies an RTSP response line into a fixed buffer without guaranteeing termination and then treats that buffer as a C string. RtspReadLine in modules/access/rtsp/access.c calls strncpy with the full buffer length, which writes no terminator when the source line is at least as long as the destination, and rtsp_get in modules/access/rtsp/rtsp.c allocates that buffer as BUF_SIZE bytes and passes it to strdup. When a server returns a line of 4096 bytes or more, strdup measures its length past the end of the allocation and copies adjacent heap bytes until an incidental zero byte. Because the affected line is the Session header, the disclosed bytes are retained as the session identifier and sent back to the server on every subsequent request, so the operator of a hostile server reads heap memory from the client rather than inferring it. The attacker controls the line length and therefore how far the read runs. A single playlist entry naming a realrtsp URL is sufficient. The module is a build-time option, disabled in some distribution packages and enabled in the official VideoLAN builds.

Created: 2026-09-12 Last update: 2026-09-12 13:32

2 security issues in forky high

There are 2 open security issues in forky.

2 important issues:

CVE-2026-56711: VLC media player computes the size of a picture buffer with 32-bit arithmetic and allocates from the wrapped result. In AllocatePicture in src/misc/picture.c the running total is accumulated as i_bytes += p->i_pitch * p->i_lines, and both plane_t fields are declared int in include/vlc_picture.h, so the multiplication is evaluated at 32 bits and wraps before it is widened to the size_t accumulator. The overflow check that precedes it divides in 64-bit arithmetic and therefore does not constrain the product, and the subsequent comparison against PICTURE_SW_SIZE_MAX examines the already wrapped value, so both guards pass. aligned_alloc then reserves the small wrapped size while the decoder writes scanlines sized from the original dimensions. A crafted PNG whose IHDR declares large width and height reaches this path through the image demuxer, whose only size guard is on the input file's byte count rather than the declared dimensions, and the decoder in modules/codec/png.c writes past the end of the allocation with attacker-influenced length and content. Opening the file directly or through a playlist entry is sufficient, with no non-default settings.
CVE-2026-73324: VLC media player copies an RTSP response line into a fixed buffer without guaranteeing termination and then treats that buffer as a C string. RtspReadLine in modules/access/rtsp/access.c calls strncpy with the full buffer length, which writes no terminator when the source line is at least as long as the destination, and rtsp_get in modules/access/rtsp/rtsp.c allocates that buffer as BUF_SIZE bytes and passes it to strdup. When a server returns a line of 4096 bytes or more, strdup measures its length past the end of the allocation and copies adjacent heap bytes until an incidental zero byte. Because the affected line is the Session header, the disclosed bytes are retained as the session identifier and sent back to the server on every subsequent request, so the operator of a hostile server reads heap memory from the client rather than inferring it. The attacker controls the line length and therefore how far the read runs. A single playlist entry naming a realrtsp URL is sufficient. The module is a build-time option, disabled in some distribution packages and enabled in the official VideoLAN builds.

Created: 2026-09-12 Last update: 2026-09-12 13:32

2 security issues in bookworm high

There are 2 open security issues in bookworm.

2 important issues:

CVE-2026-56711: VLC media player computes the size of a picture buffer with 32-bit arithmetic and allocates from the wrapped result. In AllocatePicture in src/misc/picture.c the running total is accumulated as i_bytes += p->i_pitch * p->i_lines, and both plane_t fields are declared int in include/vlc_picture.h, so the multiplication is evaluated at 32 bits and wraps before it is widened to the size_t accumulator. The overflow check that precedes it divides in 64-bit arithmetic and therefore does not constrain the product, and the subsequent comparison against PICTURE_SW_SIZE_MAX examines the already wrapped value, so both guards pass. aligned_alloc then reserves the small wrapped size while the decoder writes scanlines sized from the original dimensions. A crafted PNG whose IHDR declares large width and height reaches this path through the image demuxer, whose only size guard is on the input file's byte count rather than the declared dimensions, and the decoder in modules/codec/png.c writes past the end of the allocation with attacker-influenced length and content. Opening the file directly or through a playlist entry is sufficient, with no non-default settings.
CVE-2026-73324: VLC media player copies an RTSP response line into a fixed buffer without guaranteeing termination and then treats that buffer as a C string. RtspReadLine in modules/access/rtsp/access.c calls strncpy with the full buffer length, which writes no terminator when the source line is at least as long as the destination, and rtsp_get in modules/access/rtsp/rtsp.c allocates that buffer as BUF_SIZE bytes and passes it to strdup. When a server returns a line of 4096 bytes or more, strdup measures its length past the end of the allocation and copies adjacent heap bytes until an incidental zero byte. Because the affected line is the Session header, the disclosed bytes are retained as the session identifier and sent back to the server on every subsequent request, so the operator of a hostile server reads heap memory from the client rather than inferring it. The attacker controls the line length and therefore how far the read runs. A single playlist entry naming a realrtsp URL is sufficient. The module is a build-time option, disabled in some distribution packages and enabled in the official VideoLAN builds.

Created: 2026-09-12 Last update: 2026-09-12 13:32

lintian reports 12 errors and 6 warnings high

Lintian reports 12 errors and 6 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 20:30

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2016-04-06 Last update: 2026-09-12 18:31

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-09-12 17:31

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-09-12 17:31

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that vlc depends on which need a new maintainer are:

fluid-soundfont (#1141902)
- Depends: fluid-soundfont-gm

Created: 2026-07-12 Last update: 2026-09-12 16:31

AppStream hints: 1 warning normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

vlc: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2022-01-21 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:05

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 3.0.23-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

5 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 19:00

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-ffmpeg transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-pupnp transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-protobuf transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

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[2026-04-25] vlc 3.0.23-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-23] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-3 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-03-22] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb11u1 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Utkarsh Gupta)
[2026-01-10] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-10] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-08] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-08] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-0+deb13u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-05] vlc 3.0.23-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-02] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-2 (source) into experimental (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-02] Accepted vlc 3.0.23-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-01-01] vlc 3.0.22-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-29] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-4 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-29] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-3 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-20] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-20] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-18] vlc 3.0.22-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-14] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-14] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-0+deb13u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-10] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-2 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-12-08] vlc 3.0.22-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-05] Accepted vlc 3.0.22-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-11-22] vlc 3.0.22~rc2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-20] Accepted vlc 3.0.22~rc2-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-09-30] vlc 3.0.22~rc1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-28] Accepted vlc 3.0.22~rc1-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-09-04] vlc 3.0.21-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-29] Accepted vlc 3.0.21-11 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-05-25] vlc 3.0.21-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-18] Accepted vlc 3.0.21-10 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2025-03-10] vlc 3.0.21-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 63 66
RC: 0
I&N: 46 48
M&W: 17 18
F&P: 0
patch: 1
help: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.0.23-3build1
89 bugs (1 patch)