VLC Media Player is about to hit 3bn downloads, with new features on the way
Popular media software VLC Media Player has a critical software vulnerability that could put millions of users at risk, security researchers have warned.
Researchers from German firm CERT-Bund say they have detected a major safety flaw in the video player, which has been downloaded billions of times across the world, which could allow hackers access to compromise users' devices.
According to CERT-Bund, the flaw enables remote code execution (RCE), unauthorized modification and disclosure of data/files, and overall disruption of service, meaning users could see their devices hijacked and made to run malicious code of the software
The issue has been detected in the Windows, Linux and UNIX versions of VLC, however, the macOS version appears to be unaffected.
Last month, VideoLAN released the biggest single security update for VLC Media Player in the history of the program. The update included fixes for 33 vulnerabilities in total, of which two were marked critical, 21 medium and 10 rated low.
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