Submitted 8 months ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://stackdiary.com/critical-vulnerability-in-webp-codec-cve-2023-4863/
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.
Sigh, just when I really switched over to making memes in webp
switched over to making memes in webp
Chaotic evil 😭
The only reason I know what webp is, is because its “that dumb format” that doesn’t play like a GIF in Signal.
Fuck webp
Fucking hate that shit, I have to screenshot it when sending to the group chat cause it won’t upload webp.
Well I hate your stupid png screenshots
Problem is, it takes a huge brand like Google or Apple to push a new format for something basic like images. Do you know how many alternative image formats exist that have tried to be the next jpg/gif/png? Hundreds.
I just really wish people would stop clinging to these old formats, especially gif. Maybe when the tech giants get some traction with webp, more open alternatives can get popular as well, once people realize that jpg and gif aren’t the end of everything, and app developers get off their fat asses and start supporting other formats too. It just needs to start somewhere.
Just like ogg probably wouldn’t be a thing if commercial mp3 didn’t pave the way, or we probably wouldn’t have divx/h264… without Real Media and Quick Time. Signal wouldn’t be so popular either without the likes of Skype and Viber.
Of course I’d prefer open, free standards from the start, but you can see how fucking lazy people are (both users and developers) to support new formats.
That said, it’s not like webp is closed or anything, so I’m ok with it.
Don’t be evil
Looks like I'll be good to go here, soon.
Ah, I had to update the chromium and libwebp packages for Gentoo. The latter twice!
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 months 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.
Callie@pawb.social 8 months ago
It’s so annoying when I just want to share a gif from tumblr to telegram. Pasting the link doesn’t show the gif, saving the gif doesn’t show the gif, it’s a horrible format
FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Is this really the fault of the format or the fact that it just isn’t that much well supported?
WhoRoger@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Death to gif
WhoRoger@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Maybe don’t use programs from 1996
(Or when you do, don’t complain that new shit doesn’t work.)
klyde@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dumbass