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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 DoS Exploit

Posted by Hemos on from the to-be-confirmed-or-not-confirmed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust Security are reporting on a new exploit for Firefox which apparently affects all versions of the browser from 1.0.7 down. From the article: "If this exploit has made it out into, or indeed been retrieved from the wild is unknown at this time. However it is clear that this exploit will indeed need patching as soon as possible.""

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  1. Right. by sammy+baby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes. Bam! Your web browser locked up!

    Further proof that MSIE is the more advanced browser. After all, it doesn't require any additional code to freeze. Plus, it'll temporarily screw up your whole UI while it does!

    (Sorry. I hate perpetuating the old MSIE vs. Firefox flamefest, but that joke wrote itself.)