Re: A page that causes Firefox (Sarge) to close
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 08:44, Mitch Wiedemann wrote:
>James Foster wrote:
>>On 11/3/05, Mitch Wiedemann <mitch@ithacafreesoftware.org> wrote:
>>>James Foster wrote:
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>I'm using the latest mozilla-firefox (1.0.4-2sarge5) on Debian Sarge,
>>>>and whenever I attempt to visit a particular page, I'm finding that
>>>> it closes immediately. Can someone please confirm this behaviour?
>>>>
>>>>The page is:
>>>> http://www.movieweb.com/forums/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D6036&e=9797
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>James Foster
>>>
>>>I am also using Firefox in Sarge, and closes my browser as well. The
>>>bug seems to be javascript related. If you turn javascript off, it
>>>doesn't crash.
I have javascript on and it displays just fine in FF-1.07.
>>Interesting that you mention that, because I had actually tried
>>turning javascript off, but the results were the same. I just double
>>checked this, and even when I have both javascript and java turned
>>off, it crashes.
>>
>>Anyway, I'm not sure what the procedure is with a stable release. Does
>>anyone know if this can be filed as a bug? I imagine it is possibly a
>>security issue.
>>
>>Thanks for confirming that it wasn't just me!
>>
>>Kind Regards,
>>
>>James
>
>I've also double-checked, and now its crashing without java or
>javascript enabled, as you mentioned. I wonder how it was able to load
>the page that one time...
>
>For posterity:
>My Firefox is:
>Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050925
>Firefox/1.0.4 (Debian package 1.0.4-2sarge5)
>I have no extensions installed.
>
>--
>
>Mitch Wiedemann
>Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association
>http://ithacafreesoftware.org
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