A significant vulnerability in the WebP Codec has been unearthed, prompting major browser vendors, including Google and Mozilla (update: Mozilla has now

This affects all browsers and not just Chrome, as the media falsely reported it. Mozilla just rolled out a fix, and Brave is looking into it. This bug is likely related to the “zero-click” iOS 0day that was reported by Citizenlab last week.

  • anlumo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    There is optimization. Every frame in the gif can define a rectangle it’s drawn in on top of the previous image. This works fine for reduced color animations (like cartoons), but of course breaks completely for videos.

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Well, that’s something at least. I wonder how common its usage is.