Re[2]: Addendum : [TZO-26-2009] Firefox (all?) Denial of Service through unclamped loop (SVG)
Dear Jim Parkhurst,
It may depend on video card and video drivers and/or amount of
memory/video memory. 9 years ago there was vulnerability in Internet
explorer with displaying scaled image:
http://securityvulns.com/advisories/ie5freeze.asp results were also
different on different hardware. In some cases even mouse cursor was
frozen and reboot was only option.
--Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 7:56:56 PM, you wrote to cert@xxxxxxxx:
JP> If I understand the process, saving the text at [IV. Proof of
JP> concept] (following the "~~~..." to an .XHTML file, and launch the
JP> file using Firefox, I should lose functionality ("Browser doesn't
JP> respond any longer to any user input, all tabs are no longer
JP> accessible, your work if any (hail to the web 2.0) might be lost.")
JP> Using FF2.0.0.20 and the file does not result in loss of use.
JP> All tabs are functional. All JAVA links continue function. Same
JP> result for naming the POC file to .HTML, .HTM.
>>>> Thierry Zoller <Thierry@xxxxxxxxx> 05/26/2009 13:13 >>>
JP> For those that failed to reproduce, try naming the POC file with an XHTML
JP> extension.
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Машина оказалась способной к единственному действию,
а именно умножению 2x2, да и то при этом ошибаясь. (Лем)