[FFmpeg-cvslog] configure: Clearer documentation for "disable-safe-bitstream-reader"

Michael Niedermayer git at videolan.org
Wed Apr 16 14:10:25 EEST 2025


ffmpeg | branch: master | Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> | Mon Mar 24 02:57:46 2025 +0100| [979608dde7a833b7af50a9f6bad81fc483c1ff04] | committer: Michael Niedermayer

configure: Clearer documentation for "disable-safe-bitstream-reader"

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=979608dde7a833b7af50a9f6bad81fc483c1ff04
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 configure | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bd4f872376..c94b8eac43 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -436,7 +436,9 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
   --enable-hardcoded-tables use hardcoded tables instead of runtime generation
   --disable-safe-bitstream-reader
                            disable buffer boundary checking in bitreaders
-                           (faster, but may crash)
+                           (This disables some security checks and can cause undefined behavior,
+                            crashes and arbitrary code execution, it may be faster, but
+                            should only be used with trusted input)
   --sws-max-filter-size=N  the max filter size swscale uses [$sws_max_filter_size_default]
 
 Optimization options (experts only):



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