Re: AW: Firefox 0.92 DoS via TinyBMP

[Lee Packham <lpackham () gmail com>]

I can confirm it too... How bizarre. However, i've closed it, and the
Commit Charge in Windows is still up at 1851MB! It only clears when
you close the firefox process completely (as expected).

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:53:37 +0200, Webmaster
<webmaster () domina-chantal de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i can confirm it for FF 0.92 on afully Patched WindowsBox...
>
> but it doesn't happen much...memory increases to 1,8GB but the Pc is still
> acting normal, nothing is slowed down or something...
>
> just closed it and the memory goes back to normal...
>
> Grettings,
> -Ron
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> Hi,
>
> there is a security vulnerability in Firebox 0.92 (latest Version)
>
> http://www.4rman.com/exploits/tinybmp.htm
>
> this link causes that your virutal memory will be rise up 1,2 GB used
> Memory...
>
> maybe Thunderbird 0.72 is also vulnerable via HTML.
>
> credits to: StupidWhiteMan
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