699781 - crash in skypeffcomponent.dll@0x87107 with Skype 5.6.0.8442

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[Robert Kaiser]

This bug was filed from the Socorro interface and is 
report bp-426d6712-5726-42b6-aa1e-3ccbf2111104 .
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This is new and now #12 topcrash on Firefox 7, with 138 crashes per million ADU (1088 processed crashes, i.e. >10k reported ones) in yesterday's data.

See https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?signature=skypeffcomponent.dll%400x87107 for a list of crashes with that signature.

Correlations for Firefox 7.0.1 Windows:

Modules:
100% (1062/1062) vs.   7% (9114/124836) SkypeFfComponent.dll
     0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (1/124836)
     0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (15/124836) 5.6.0.8153
     0% (0/1062) vs.   2% (2319/124836) 5.6.0.8312
   100% (1062/1062) vs.   5% (6314/124836) 5.6.0.8442
     0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (465/124836) 5.7.0.8524

Add-ons:
98% (1046/1062) vs.   9% (11241/124836) {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A}
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (6/124836) 5.3.0.7280
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (10/124836) 5.3.0.7550
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (3/124836) 5.5.0.7574
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (4/124836) 5.5.0.7896
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (3/124836) 5.5.0.8013
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (103/124836) 5.6.0.8153
0% (1/1062) vs.   2% (2899/124836) 5.6.0.8312
98% (1045/1062) vs.   6% (7688/124836) 5.6.0.8442
0% (0/1062) vs.   0% (525/124836) 5.7.0.8524

So this is with Skype 5.6.0.8442 apparently. The noted add-on should be Skype Toolbar, AFAIK (but note that a couple people crashing don't have that add-on but still the DLL loaded).

I think this is another case where we need to reach out to Skype.

Comment 1

[Virtual_ManPL [:Virtual] 🇵🇱 - (please needinfo? me - so I will see your comment/reply/question/etc.)]

I'm marking this bug as WONTFIX per bug #1269807.

For more information see - https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/