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Unpatched Firefox 1.5 Exploit Made Public

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the caught-with-you-pants-down dept.

ThatGuyGreg writes "C|Net is reporting that an unpatched exploit in Firefox 1.5 has been made public, making it very easy for ne'er-do-well-sites to cause your browser to crash on startup with a single visit. Until a patch is released, it is recommended that you disable your history.dat file."

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  1. Good Thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still using Internet Explorer!

    1. Re:Good Thing by sloths · · Score: 5, Funny

      Did it come with a free dinosaur?

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      really 867993
      Karma schkarma
    2. Re:Good Thing by AgentScummy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Mine came with Windows 3.1

  2. Obligatory Jamaican Response by dotslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dat file will be history, man.

    1. Re:Obligatory Jamaican Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      But the exploit was published on Wed.

  3. ummmm by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 3, Funny

    thats what thet get for making an extension that runs explorer within firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?application=firefox&id=1419 *ducks*

  4. Tin Hats Need Not Fear by courtarro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those of us with sturdy tin hats already have our histories disabled. Take that, evil!

  5. Heh by aftk2 · · Score: 4, Funny
    cause your browser to crash on startup with a single visit.
    I've seen this exploit in the wild: it's called the MySpace Profile Page.
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  6. Re:Stopping the stupidity by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 5, Funny

    The guy who drew the logo for that forgot the wingalings and the beefy arm.