As the comment to your question said, basically no. Yes, a firmware can get malware, even BIOS can be attacked, but the chances that his computer has malware that infects your specific hardware is slim to none. Personally, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Edit: Also, the use of optical media readers/writers has gone way down, and there aren't a whole lot of them. I know this sort of escapes the point of this question, but I doubt someone would invest time in writing malware for the firmware of something like that.