219911 - entering :// as the URL causes the browser to become unresponsive and consume all available CPU time but not terminate

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 185663

(SeaMonkey :: Location Bar, defect)

Description

[Timothy Dyck]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

Entering

   ://

as a URL in the location bar and pressing Enter results in the browser consuming
all available CPU time (100% utilization overall) and becoming unresponsive to
user input. It does not crash. To quit, I must terminate the process.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter :// as the URL
2. Press Enter


Actual Results:  
Browser becomes unresponsive to all user input.

Expected Results:  
Display an error message.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 185663 ***

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

verified.