283204 - url not found due to an error in source with \ rather than /

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 64488

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Aymeric Mugnier]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; FREE; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-FR; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041108 Firefox/1.0

In my Flash CV that can be found at 
http://www.mameworld.net/icons/cvindex.html, the pics that are supposed to 
open up in a new window when clicking on some thumbnails give a 404 error due 
to a error of mine, but that error is accepted by Internet explorer, but not 
accepted by Firefox (use of \ rather than / in urls)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.connect to my Cv http://www.mameworld.net/icons/cvindex.html
2.click on the 1st link SUPINFOCOM, square will appear
3.click on the squares, a thumbnail will appear above the earth
4.click on that thumbnail

Actual Results:  
you get a 404 error (which is replaced by a advertisment in my mameworld host) 
surely because the link points to images\06.jpg rather than images/06.jpg, the 
\ is replaced by firefox with a %5C, it should be replaced by a /

Expected Results:  
firefox should have replaced the \ by a / rather than %5C, that's why you get 
the 404... Internet explorer accepts these (proof: 
http://www.mameworld.net/icons/images/06.jpg and 
http://www.mameworld.net/icons/images\06.jpg both work in internet explorer)

try now both adress with firefox.. 1st will work, 2nd won't as \ is replaced 
by %5C in adress

you can contact me at [e-mail] to find a way to correct this bug together

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz] back 2026-04-08]

I suspect this is invalid, but it's certainly not a security problem. Not a
problem with access by disabled persons, either.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121839 ***

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 250449 ***

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

v (invalid)

Comment 5

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64488 ***