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by Xylakant 1793 days ago
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=jpeg returns 390 results. And that’s jpeg alone. It’s fairly common that you see some sort of media file format parsing bug to lead to command execution.
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But how many of those are actually exploited, and how does that compare to the other vectors I mentioned? Media file exploits seem in same class of exploits as spectre/rowhammer. You hear about them often (not as often as spectre/rowhammer, but I frequently see security fixes being mentioned in media player changelogs), but you rarely hear about attacks that use them.