Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas:  jgo.e-reviews 5 (2015), 3 Rezensionen online / Im Auftrag des Instituts für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung in Regensburg herausgegeben von Martin Schulze Wessel und Dietmar Neutatz

Verfasst von: Kirsten Bönker

 

: It highlights how media players and operating systems handle (or fail to handle) edge cases in file headers and metadata.

: Similar to how a .zip bomb works, these files use repetitive data patterns that compress extremely well, tricking operating systems into allocating massive amounts of resources to "read" the repetitive data.

: It was frequently used to crash the mobile or desktop versions of Discord by forcing the app to struggle with the file's preview.

: Software like VLC or Windows Media Player may hang.

42222mp4 | 2K — 8K |

: It highlights how media players and operating systems handle (or fail to handle) edge cases in file headers and metadata.

: Similar to how a .zip bomb works, these files use repetitive data patterns that compress extremely well, tricking operating systems into allocating massive amounts of resources to "read" the repetitive data. 42222mp4

: It was frequently used to crash the mobile or desktop versions of Discord by forcing the app to struggle with the file's preview. : It highlights how media players and operating

: Software like VLC or Windows Media Player may hang. 42222mp4