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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by zests on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:13PM (#25993194)
What happened internally when you discovered that you were given a false severe grade CVE? I remember seeing many articles suggesting users uninstall VLC.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13615

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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by jbk on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:16PM (#25993226)
> What happened internally when you discovered that you were given a false severe grade CVE?

Nothing, but we knew it was going to be a shitstorm. Clickbait articles are very annoying.

As for the CVE system, it's utterly broken and idiotic.

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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by saagarjha on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @06:31AM (#25999769)
Hey now, CVEs are fine; it's CVSS that is totally broken.
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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by glenstein on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:20PM (#25996434)
Woah, I didn't realize it was false! I remember hearing about that at the time. I had installed VLC at work (generic office, non-tech industry that just uses windows office software) and was worried I might get in trouble, so I uninstalled it.
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