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.

  • The Snark UrgeEnglish
    40•1 year ago

    I have always disliked webp for its inconvenience when I try to save and share images. Nice to know people who actually know shit about it might have concerns also, I guess.

      • @[email protected]English
        9•1 year ago

        Is this really the fault of the format or the fact that it just isn’t that much well supported?

            • @EldritchEnglish
              7•1 year ago

              Yep webp offers thousands to millions more colors compared to gif’s 256. Full alpha support. Not the 1bit alpha of gif. And is exponentially smaller file size for the same resolution and time.

    • @WhoRogerEnglish
      -14•1 year ago

      Maybe don’t use programs from 1996

      (Or when you do, don’t complain that new shit doesn’t work.)

      • @klydeEnglish
        -1•1 year ago

        Dumbass