Security News > 2019 > July > Dodgy vids can hijack PCs via VLC security flaw, US, Germany warn. Software's makers not app-y with that claim
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2019-07-23 20:05
'Fake news!' dev team cries VLC is said to be once again vulnerable to remote-code execution – meaning a malicious video opened by the software could potentially crash the media player, or joyride it to run malware on the host machine.…
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http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/23/remote_code_flaw_vlc/