SV: Rendering binary file as HTML makes Mozilla Firefox stop responding or crash

["Peter Kruse" <kruse () krusesecurity dk>]

Hi Bipin,

It's not rated as a serious risk, is it?  Simply a DoS.

This is not sorely related to trivial memory consumption, neither. The
scenario you're descriping has been around for ages and is related to system
resources. This is not.

Regards
Peter Kruse

> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: bipin gautam [mailto:visitbipin () yahoo com]
> Sendt: 26. oktober 2004 19:09
> Til: pkr () csis dk
> Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Emne: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Rendering binary file as HTML makes Mozilla
> Firefox stop responding or crash
>
>
> ya i've been seeing this behavior since a long time...
> but i don't think there is anything serious. Firefox
> only slows down (using 100% cpu) if you are using a
> slow PC. And after the binary file have been completed
> loded. Everything works normal......
>
> frankly,  there are lot of such similar bugs. If you
> open multiple windows and multiple tabs at once,
> firefox locks/reservs the memory (pagefile) that its
> using even when some of the tabs are closed. You have
> to restart mozilla (close all the open windows) to
> free the memory.
>
> huh, nothing serious isn't it......
>
> bipin
>
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