Users should not run software that has reached end-of-life status, because developers will not fix existing defects, bugs or vulnerabilities, posing serious security risks.

An old example is [https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4203 VLC in Debian jessie], which reached end-of-life status in May, 2018. In that case, {{project_name_short}} 13 users who did not utilize a different media player were at risk, because VLC in jessie has unpatched security vulnerabilities. This VLC vulnerability does not apply to the current stable {{project_name_short}} {{VersionShort}} release.