616304 - Attached email causes "not responding". big xml file in that email with no new-line characters

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 548277

(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, defect)

Description

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open attached email
2. On both Windows and Mac Thunderbird 3.1.6, Thunderbird stops responding

Comment 1

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

Attachment: WARNIBNG:opening this email on TB 3.1.6 Windows or Mac causes TB to stop responding

this is the email to open referred to in the steps to reproduce
unzip and then open with TB 3.1.6 to reproduce the "not responding" bug

Comment 2

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

There's a big xml file in that email with no new-line characters, so this might be a duplicate of bug 548277.

Comment 3

[chris hofmann]

not clear why this is marked as a security sensitive bug.  should it be opened up?

Comment 4

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> not clear why this is marked as a security sensitive bug.  should it be opened
> up?

My initial thoughts are that it could be considered a dos bug, but there again, bug 548277 is already not restricted (and I've not had time to investigate further to confirm if its a duplicate or not).

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

still fails