'Critical' vulnerability in VLC Media Player downgraded after VideoLAN claims the flaw was fixed 16 months ago
Reporter, MITRE and CERT-Bund all criticised for failing to check security flaw before issuing warnings

The logo of VLC Media Player - downloaded some three billion times since it was created
A ‘critical' security flaw in VLC Media Player has been downgraded after the organisation behind the popular app claimed that the issue had already been fixed. The NIST National Vulnerability Database...
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