Firefox crashes a lot

[Scott]

KevinO wrote:
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> Scott wrote:
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>> There is a known exploit available that will crash Firefox 1.5. 
>>     
> It appears to be a bug, and not an exploit. It made my browser hang, but not
> close completely.
>
> Packetstorm calls it a DOS proof of concept, which is a completely different
> animal than an exploit.
>
>   
The code that is posted exploits the vulnerability, it is thus an exploit.

>> I have
>> tested it on several of my own systems.  I found it up on
>> packetstormsecurity.org the other day, and here is the link:
>>
>> http://packetstormsecurity.org/0606-exploits/moz1504.txt
>>
>> So probably there are people embedding this into their sites either on
>> purpose or through plain coding coincidence.
>>
>>     
> I doubt it. This one really isn't worth the bother. There are too many other ways
> to intentionally hang a web browser, and nothing to be gained unless you could
> inject some shell code with it.
>
>   
The only thing gained would be to keep people from browsing the web.

> Let me know when you find it "out in the wild."
>
>   

No problem.

> Cheers,
> - --
> KevinO
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