I would be sure to check task manager a bit more often.......

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It was sure to happen. Most informed users abandoned MS IE because the the vulnerabilities. Now with a larger user base, Firefox became a larger target, which alone can be a reason for this vulnerability.

Firefox is still, and always will be, a far more superior and secure browser to use.

I...

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Not only Firefox is affected. I did some tests and got the following results:

* Firefox (1.5/Linux) - Freezes on the next startup.

* Mozilla (1.7.12/Linux) - Freezes on the next startup.

* Konqueror (3.3.2) - Slows down the whole system during script-execution, offers option to kill the scrip...

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FYI... http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=920

Last Updated: 2005-12-08 02:24:41 UTC

"...Packetstorm Security has released proof of concept code that causes a buffer overflow and denial of service on the Firefox browser. Long and short of it is, history.dat stores various pieces of information o...

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It should also be pointed out that if one keeps a 0 day history, this does NOT work....

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Contrary to the PacketStorm article's reporting, there is NOT a vulnerability in Firefox. The proof-of-concept code that is available only causes a brief startup delay, that is easily attributed to Firefox loading the (larger) history.dat file.

Users are not at any significant risk as a result o...

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The link to Packet Storm just came up 404....

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