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611 Defects, 71 Vulnerabilities Found In Firefox

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rolling-in-bugs dept.

Danny Begonia writes, "Some folks at Klocwork examined the large and complicated code base of the popular open source browser, Firefox. Overall, Firefox is a well written and high quality piece of software. Several builds were performed on the code, culminating in the final analysis of version 1.5.0.6. The analysis resulted in 611 defects and 71 potential security vulnerabilities. The Firefox team has been given the analysis results, and they will determine if or how they will deal with the issues." What are your thoughts — do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?

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  1. MS Security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right after they hired that Microsoft Security expert nevertheless!

  2. Answer: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > What are your thoughts -- do Firefox and the open source community welcome this kind of analysis?

    No, they're going to sweep this under the rug and disappear anyone else who audits their code. What the fuck do you think?

  3. Someone care to explain? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Found 700 bugs in a quick analysis? Wow, I want those people debugging my sourceforge projects too!!! Someone care to explain this FUD, I'm too lazy to RTFA.

  4. Copy, paste by Jon+Peterson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, if it makes them fix the copy/paste bug, it's all good by me.

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    1. Re:Copy, paste by Reverend528 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Hey, if it makes them fix the copy/paste bug, it's all good by me.

      Hey, if it makes them fix the copy/paste bug, it's all good by me.
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  5. I kid you not... by PFI_Optix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Firefox just crashed while I was reading this article.

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  6. Re:Obvious. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And thanks to the popularity, now adware is built for Firefox as well. Especially that Yahoo crap. Bleh!
    Like the kid that was goth before it was popular, it's time to change to a more obscure web browser.

  7. Re:Memory leaks by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    God-damned copy and pasta bug!!!

    What, is it giving you spaghetti when you wanted ravioli?

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  8. Re:Memory leaks by random_culchie · · Score: 2, Funny
    God-damned copy and pasta bug!!!
    What, is it giving you spaghetti when you wanted ravioli?
    Mamma Mia!
  9. which one of those bugs was the by Loco3KGT · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Can't last more than 20 minutes on Myspace" bug?

    Yeah, that's right. I just admitted to using Myspace for more than 20 minutes at a time.

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    1. Re:which one of those bugs was the by ThePlague · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's not a bug, it's a feature.

  10. Re:Obvious. by legoburner · · Score: 4, Funny
    Like the kid that was goth before it was popular, it's time to change to a more obscure web browser.

    MSIE 3.0 here I come!
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  11. Re:Memory leaks by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    God-damned copy and pasta bug!!!

    What, is it giving you spaghetti when you wanted ravioli?


    It's what he gets for using a pirated version of Firefox! ;)
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  12. Re:Watch for IE Fanboys by MechaShiva · · Score: 2, Funny

    Que the crickets...

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  13. Another soul by paranode · · Score: 4, Funny

    Touched by His noodly appendage.

  14. OMG NO WAI!!!! by pdpTrojan · · Score: 0, Funny

    This is clearly M$ FUD. Don't fall for it. Firefox is open source. It doesn't crash or have bugs.

  15. Re:Obvious. by IAmTheDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, can we get them to run the tests on the Diebold voting machines?

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  16. Re:Memory leaks by john83 · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's what he gets for using a pirated version of Firefox! ;)
    Is that the new Fi-arr-fox I keep hearing about?
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