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Re: [Full-Disclosure] [IE] Pure html DOS although some version require minor user interaction ( highlighting/minimising )
- To: John <mccann@lexicon.net>, <full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com>
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] [IE] Pure html DOS although some version require minor user interaction ( highlighting/minimising )
- From: Thomas Rogg <thomas@outcast-media.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:22:30 +0200
am 18.10.2003 6:29 Uhr schrieb John unter mccann@lexicon.net:
> Basicly this simple employees a HEAP of <big> tags and only requires a
> single closing tag. Someone versions on view will die others require
> something to activate rendering I assume this could be done via a java
> script.
>
> Proof of concept
>
> http://www.lexicon.net/mccann/t.html
>
> Mozilla doesn't crash some version my experience high cpu usage while
> rendering also the layout will be stuffed but it is also a problem with
> overflowing font sizes.
> Opera untested.
> Other untested.
Tried it twice, crashed IE 5.0 (didn't know I still had it on my hard drive)
under Mac OS 9 both times and took the whole system with it (OS 9 doesn't
have any memory protection etc).
Nice work.
-- Thomas
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