FFmpeg, a privately owned entity headquartered in France, was founded in 2000 and operates with roughly 10 employees. The company specializes in online audio and video media, functioning as a free and open-source software project comprising a suite of libraries and programs designed for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. At its core is the command-line ffmpeg tool, which is utilized for processing video and audio files, format transcoding, basic editing, video scaling, video post-production effects, and ensuring standards compliance.
FFmpeg developers released version 9.0 this week, four and a half months after version 8.1, integrating over 2200 commits from more than 160 authors and adding nearly 85,000 lines of code. The major update, named “Lei,” overhauls core video processing with expanded Vulkan GPU acceleration, AI inference moving onto the GPU, and a rewrite of Swscale, continuing a trajectory towards enhanced Vulkan support. Previously, on July 26, JFrog Security Research disclosed "PixelSmash," a critical vulnerability affecting the FFmpeg media framework. The flaw, which allows for Remote Code Execution (RCE) and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks through crafted videos, had reportedly persisted within the codebase for sixteen years.
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