Don't uninstall VLC because the news told you to panic, not just yet. The conclusion driving panicky news stories are CERT-Bund & NVD assessments, but the bug it relates to had been open for a whole month before the first "uninstall it now!" story appeared.

Lifehacker: https://lifehacker.com/you-should-wait-before-banning-vlc-from-your-computer-1836645438

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