343350 - Pasting Windows path in address bar crashes Firefox 1.5.0.5rc1

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 342677

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[David D. Kilzer (ddk)]

I tried (foolishly) to paste a Windows path into the location bar in Firefox 1.5.0.5rc1, hit Enter, and the browser crashed.  Talkback incident is TB20491012Z.

On Firefox 1.5.0.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.7, doing the same thing gives an alert:  "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (c) isn't associated with any program."  Looks like it may be a Windows-only bug.

I really should stop trying to fix the WebKit select.options.add() bug--I keep finding Firefox crashers (see Bug 342677).

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Windows firefox accepts windows paths in the location bar for IE-compatibility, and in general it does not crash -- isn't it more likely that it loaded your testcase and crashed on that? If so, file:///c|/Temp/select-options-add.html should also crash (that's what the windows path is converted to internally, and then of course converted back to a real windows path for the OS calls).

If it's the testcase from bug 342677 it shouldn't crash 1.5.0.5rc1. If it's a variant we'd really like to know, possibly reopen 342677?

Is it possible you were using a 1.5.0.4 build accidentally? Nope, the talkback says you were using the 6/26 (rc1) build as you said. Ah, bug 342677 comment 17 grants landing approval on 6/29 for the rc2 respin, after your build.

I'm going to say this is just a dupe of bug 342677, tested prematurely, assuming the testcase is the same one. Does that sound right? You could verify by trying the latest branch nightly, or wait for the rc2 on Wednesday or Thursday.

Comment 2

[David D. Kilzer (ddk)]

Yep, I've confirmed this is a duplicate.  The different stack trace confused me.

Sorry for the wasted bandwidth!



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 342677 ***

Comment 3

[timeless]

that bug's public, can we please clear this one's security bit?