Update from the article:

According to an email from Ross Finlayson of Live Networks, Inc., the vulnerability “does not affect VLC or MPlayer, because they use LIVE555 only to implement an RTSP. The bug affected only our implementation of a RTSP, which these media players don’t use. (VLC does have an embedded RTSP server, but that uses a separate implementation, not LIVE555’s.)”

I used to is VLC when i torrented movies. I'm a good citizen now i don't steal anymore i saw the light!!