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general

source: vlc (main)
version: 3.0.24-1
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: 3.0.24-0+deb13u1
testing: 3.0.24-1
unstable: 3.0.24-1
exp: 3.0.24-2

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]
3.0.24-0+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.24-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.24-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libvlc-bin
libvlc-dev
libvlc5
libvlccore-dev
libvlccore9
vlc (40 bugs: 0, 32, 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

3 security issues in bookworm high

There are 3 open security issues in bookworm.

3 important issues:

CVE-2026-56711: VLC media player versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.23 contain a memory-safety vulnerability reachable when processing crafted media. Exploitation requires user interaction and may result in application termination or code execution with the privileges of the VLC process.
CVE-2026-73324: Certain VLC media player builds in versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.23 contain a memory-safety vulnerability reachable when processing media from an attacker-controlled network source. Exploitation requires user interaction and may disclose a limited, layout-dependent amount of VLC process memory. Exposure depends on build configuration.
CVE-2026-102875: VLC media player before 3.0.24 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the skins2 ThemeLoader that fails to validate member names in .vlt skin archives. Attackers can craft malicious skin files with path traversal sequences to write arbitrary files with VLC user privileges, enabling code execution through Lua script injection.

Created: 2026-09-12 Last update: 2026-09-30 21:31

lintian reports 12 errors and 10 warnings high

Lintian reports 12 errors and 10 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-04-23 Last update: 2026-09-23 10:00

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: 2026-10-02 07:30

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: 2026-10-02 07:30

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: 2026-10-02 07:00

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: 2026-10-02 03:02

2 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit f74e5388f654f4c8edcc94ff5bafa42bda429998
Author: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 1 18:34:07 2026 +0200

    Renable live555 plugin
    
    Closes: #982299

commit 2378178e2c71b25c0590e0bc73841094ec431bbc
Author: Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 1 18:31:23 2026 +0200

    Add qt6-svg-plugins to Depends of vlc-plugin-qt
    
    Closes: #1149277

Created: 2026-10-01 Last update: 2026-10-01 18:30

debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 3 debian patches available in version 3.0.24-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

3 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: 2026-09-23 07:02

testing migrations

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.

news

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[2026-09-29] vlc 3.0.24-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-09-25] Accepted vlc 3.0.24-0+deb13u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-09-22] Accepted vlc 3.0.24-2 (source) into experimental (Sebastian Ramacher)
[2026-09-22] Accepted vlc 3.0.24-1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Ramacher)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 64 67
RC: 0
I&N: 45 46
M&W: 17 18
F&P: 2 3
patch: 1
help: 1

links

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ubuntu

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version: 3.0.24-1
89 bugs (1 patch)