My understanding is that ffmpeg is probably incredibly close to the metal, with ...

mr_mitm 14 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg

My understanding is that ffmpeg is probably incredibly close to the metal, with tons of assembler mixed in. I imagine doing the same in Rust would include lots of `unsafe` blocks and a similar amount of assembly, so it wouldn't change much in terms of security. Or am I wrong?

RossBencina 14 days ago [–]

Wuffs usually comes up in this context: https://github.com/google/wuffs