55421 - Entering the "Forum" part of this page crashes the browser

Status: CLOSED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

Description

[David Weinehall]

I've tried several daily builds, all with the same result. Entering this page
crashes the browser. (BTW, I just guessed the component, sorry.)

Comment 1

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

I am unable to reproduce this bug. I can go to the URI without crashing, 
but not speeking German (that's what I think it is) I can't find the Forum 
link, can you tell me what it says in the language of the page?

Comment 2

[David Weinehall]

If you wonder about the language, it's Swedish, not German. Forum should be
the 5th element from the bottom in the image-map on the left side of the page,
is surrounded by "Medlemshörnet" and "Länkarkiv", and is indeed itself called
"Forum".

Comment 3

[gogden]

worksforme build 2000100909 g4 os9

Comment 4

[Kurt Weinschenker]

worksforme Mac OS 9.0.4, mozilla build 2000100720-M18.

Comment 5

[David Weinehall]

Anyone who needs further information on this bug (I can still repeat it 100% as 
of Mozilla M18), can get a full StdLog from MacsBug dumped directly after Mozilla 
crashed. Oh, and it's MacOS 9.0.4 I have installed, but for some reason, there
was no option for MacOS 9 in the OS option in Bugzilla...

Something I should mention is that I use a localised copy of MacOS 9.0.4; the 
Swedish one, this MIGHT be the reason that people can't seem to repeat it. The 
page itself shouldn't contain anything strange. 3 frames (with one of these 
frames containing another 3 frames), and a banner. I'll do further tests and
report later on.

Comment 6

[David Weinehall]

It seems that the culprit isn't really the forum-link itself, but rather that
the mainpage, probably the java-applet running on it, is triggering some sort
of bug. From what I could tell from a brief study of the page-source, this
page seems to use a lot of junk, like Javascript, Macromedia-stuff and other
various more or less useful toys.

So, to reformulate the bug: After visiting the page http://bjorkloven.com/
Mozilla crashes when trying to visit another page. MacsBug reports "Unimplemented 
Instruction at 00020008".

This is on a G4(AGP-model, non SMP-generation)/400.

Comment 7

[David Weinehall]

I've now done even further research, and it turns out that it's required to have
Java enabled to make Mozilla to go haywire with this page,
so it's probably the Java-support in Mozilla that has some kind of bug (or
possibly, Netscape has a cover-up for some bug in Apple's MRJ)

As I'm not sure, I'll leave the bug assigned to the Parser-component, and let
someone who has a hint on the internals of the browser
reassign it properly.

Comment 8

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Why is this M18? M18 is already out. It should be up to other folks to 
decide the target milestone.

Comment 9

[David Weinehall]

Alas, this page has been redesigned, and does no longer contain the Java-code 
that made Mozilla freak out, so I'll have to close this bug. As I can't possibly
expect this bug to get fixed when there's no testcase, I'm changing the 
resolution to INVALID (because it can't be repeated.)

Comment 10

[bsharma]

updated qa contact.

Comment 11

[David Weinehall]

Obviously impossible to debug, as the page has been redesigned.