Chromium Has Merged JpegXL

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  1. jxl-rs

    https://github.com/libjxl/jxl-rs jxl-rs is the underlying implementation. It's relatively new but Rust certainly calms and security fears. This library wasn't really an option last time this came around in chromium.

  2. SaaSHub

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  3. bubblewrap

    Low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool used by Flatpak and similar projects

  4. pngquant

    Lossy PNG compressor — pngquant command based on libimagequant library

  5. chromium

    The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source

    > This may never exist

    It already does. https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/third_...

    Similarly, the JpegXL decoder Chromium integrated is written in Rust, eliminating large classes of exploitable errors.

    > Haven't we seen related vulnerabilities?

    Repeatedly. That's why browser vendors are careful about adding new image decoders, and no, Qubes does not solve the problem.

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