Comment by xign

Whether the codec is from 1995 or 2025 does not matter. What matters is that the codec is compiled in and working by default on ffmpeg as they intend to bundle all codecs for the user. You can just craft a file, send it to a user pretending to be a regular mp4 file, and trigger the bug. It literally wouldn't matter if the codec was this Lucas Arts one of HEVC. An attacker wouldn't care if they walk in the front door or a random broken window in the back.