AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs

An autonomous AI agent discovered 21 zero-day vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, and Chrome released 429 security patches.

• •depthfirst found 21 confirmed zero-days in FFmpeg's 1.5M lines of C code for approximately $1,000
• •Several vulnerabilities were latent 15-20 years, one from 2003
• •Chrome 149 patches 429 vulnerabilities, over 100 critical or high severity
• •Google overhauled bounty program to manage AI-generated reports
• •The challenge shifted from finding bugs to triaging and patching at scale

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