ffmpeg is also rather popular and delivers a lot of functionality. Its unlikely that you don't have it installed.
Yes, there are security issues but quite a few are not ffmpeg itself related - the input is pretty shabby or at least not exactly easy to deal with!
Obviously, they could do with some assistance and I'm sure you and I will both dive in with equal zeal.
Hmm.. "shabby input" that makes software xyz fail is a problem in software xyz itself!
"Validate your inputs" is a common rule. Fuzzing is a thing. Both for good reasons (including security).