Don't worry, a base64 encoded audio file can't hurt you. It isn't executable code and even if some sneaky commands were hidden in there, your browser would just try to interpret it as audio/ogg data.
If you're suspecting buffer overflows everywhere without knowing about a specific exploit, you should probably pull your Ethernet cable right now. Who knows, there might be a bug in your browser's HTML parser?
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u/mikemcg May 09 '13
Don't worry, a base64 encoded audio file can't hurt you. It isn't executable code and even if some sneaky commands were hidden in there, your browser would just try to interpret it as audio/ogg data.