throw0101a 2 years ago Meta: always up for some USENIX content:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USENIXThey've run a lot of interesting conferences over the decades.
jruohonen 2 years ago Not a domain expert, but it seems like fuzzing, basically; syntactically correct but non-compliant inputs.
Aldipower 2 years ago The codec itself isn't dangerous, the exploits are. g-b-r 2 years ago technologies and their specifications are dangerous themselves if they're likely to result in security bugs
g-b-r 2 years ago technologies and their specifications are dangerous themselves if they're likely to result in security bugs
A better title would be "H.264: The Most Dangerous Codec in the World [pdf]"
Meta: always up for some USENIX content:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USENIX
They've run a lot of interesting conferences over the decades.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35356201
(H.264)
Not a domain expert, but it seems like fuzzing, basically; syntactically correct but non-compliant inputs.
Funny that it's provided in one of the most dangerous filetypes.
The codec itself isn't dangerous, the exploits are.
technologies and their specifications are dangerous themselves if they're likely to result in security bugs