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It's a BUG!!!
This isn't a security exploit, it's a bug! It doesn't allow code to be run on your box or allow an attacker to steal information. It's a bug that causes the browser to crash when it hits the right type of web page. Why does everything have to be an exploit!

This just in: A poorly written device driver can cause a denial of service (DOS) attack by locking up Windows at random times forcing a reboot. The only way to recover is to boot isn safe mode and disable or uninstall the driver. Security experts recommend disabling all device drivers in Windows to avoid the risk of a DOS attack.

What is this world coming to?
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Sue the jerk  Real World | 12/08/05
What vulnerbilty?  voska | 12/08/05
From the story  ShadeTree | 12/08/05
than a correct title would be:  tombalablomba | 12/08/05
or, more correctly  kiz | 12/08/05
Not a vulnerability  OhMyGosh | 12/08/05
Re: Not a vulnerability  GreyGeek | 12/08/05
Fake vulnerability to hide news about more Windows holes  wackoae | 12/08/05
What companies are backing ZDnet?  DontFeedTrolls | 12/08/05
Still waiting for Mozilla/Firefox to mention it on their  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
Already did - on the 3rd.  eventhorizon5 | 12/08/05
No the homepage  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
You mean like Microsoft does?  Quiet_Type | 12/08/05
So you want FireFox to be like MS  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
everything has a place...  belkorin | 12/19/05
Shall We Give Them 1 Month Max?  lbattis@... | 12/08/05
Re: Sue the jerks  GreyGeek | 12/08/05
It's a BUG!!!  kiz | 12/08/05
You must have missed  ShadeTree | 12/08/05
Presumably?  kiz | 12/08/05
And you are just presuming that there is not.  ShadeTree | 12/08/05
Kiz is right  voska | 12/08/05
Look up could and will in the dictionary  jumpa | 12/08/05
Dual vaporware  Roger Ramjet | 12/12/05
Not a vulnerability  OhMyGosh | 12/08/05
Newsflash buddy  toadlife | 12/08/05
Open Source will always have it's bugs/exploits blown out of proportion  DontFeedTrolls | 12/08/05
DoS Attack  HereInOz | 12/11/05
I hardly call this an exploit  voska | 12/08/05
Read the whole story!  ShadeTree | 12/08/05
I did, I don't see how that could work  voska | 12/08/05
So even though the security firm that found the problem ...  ShadeTree | 12/08/05
You're not reading the article now  voska | 12/08/05
are we picking nits now?  shraven | 12/08/05
We rolled out the fix 2 hours ago  The_Q | 12/08/05
Please show me the part ...  ShadeTree | 12/08/05
This is a classic attack  Still Lynn | 12/08/05
Not a vulnerability  OhMyGosh | 12/08/05
It is important to some.  bjbrock | 12/08/05
I use Firefox not because it's better  voska | 12/08/05
Agreed.  Twey | 12/08/05
Opera vs FireFox  nevtxjustin@... | 12/08/05
It is important.  tinyallen@... | 12/09/05
Bad programing  pkrdk | 12/17/05
Bad programing  pkrdk | 12/17/05
Bad programing  pkrdk | 12/17/05
re: It is important to some  belkorin | 12/19/05
Do you work for Microsoft voska?  toadlife | 12/08/05
It still has to be fixed.  osreinstall | 12/08/05
Good job @$$holes keep it up.....  JoeMama_z | 12/08/05
Actions aginst ABM = criminal, yest same agains M$ = flaw?  DanielB | 12/08/05
How?  techboy_z | 12/08/05
suggestions  timeofmind | 12/08/05
Ok...thought that might be it, but...  techboy_z | 12/08/05
Thanks, but don't you mean...?  sierrarancher | 12/08/05
Incorrect for Firefox 1.5  myrddin@... | 12/08/05
Different OSes  mnordhoff | 12/08/05
History  copmom | 12/08/05
a small hand  tombalablomba | 12/08/05
Use FIREFOX and be done with it!! Oh wait. . .  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
Use OPERA and be done with it  kiz | 12/08/05
About a week ago.. On this very site (NT)  ju1ce | 12/08/05
Opera?  gardoglee | 12/08/05
Opera count is probably inaccurate  Quiet_Type | 12/08/05
Ya, lets not over react,...  Cayble | 12/08/05
Ya, lets not over react,...  Cayble | 12/08/05
Hey, yer stealing my material!  Reverend MacFellow | 12/08/05
Stealing, is there even such a thing at Zdnet  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
Temporary Fix  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 12/08/05
what page you looking at?  rogueOne | 12/08/05
"Settings" is a button in "History"  kdl | 12/09/05
Thanks!  sierrarancher | 12/08/05
How basic of a feature is the history  bjbrock | 12/08/05
Exploit? Ha! Slow day in the news room!  PVkWatts | 12/08/05
But isn't some person or group publishing exploit code  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
No.  Fred Fredrickson | 12/08/05
Still, important to report  Boot_Agnostic | 12/11/05
Message has been deleted.  itanal | 12/08/05
itanal  mysticrhythms | 12/08/05
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 12/08/05
Itanal Is Inarticulate, However ...  PMC-CON | 12/08/05
Message has been deleted.  itanal | 12/08/05
RE: BWHAHAHHAHA!!! Firefox SUCKS.  ski309 | 12/08/05
i agree  mozart_z | 12/08/05
Correction  DragonlordWarlock | 12/08/05
95% of people use Capital Letters  SC-man | 12/09/05
Firefox doesn't suck!  copmom | 12/08/05
Too much porn copmom  theraven_z | 12/08/05
WHAT??????????  Daymon | 12/08/05
Actually  DragonlordWarlock | 12/08/05
Illistration  DragonlordWarlock | 12/08/05
Ha! Calm down a little!  Cayble | 12/08/05
Classis FUD  xyz10_z | 12/09/05
That's irrelevant  Linux Geek | 12/08/05
and  todbran@... | 12/08/05
Ever seen the T.V. show LOST?  Cayble | 12/08/05
MS Software and SPAM  Emu-1 | 12/09/05
MS Software and SPAM  Emu-1 | 12/09/05
Tell that to the people who get viruses  quantumstate | 12/09/05
firefox  wayneburt | 12/08/05
That's easy  John L. Ries | 12/08/05
Info from Mozilla  eventhorizon5 | 12/08/05
as long as deviants exist.....  Hey U | 12/08/05
Evil is platform independent.  DanielB | 12/08/05
Big difference between possibilities and trends  bpick_z | 12/08/05
Please elaborate  toadlife | 12/08/05
Where to begin?  bpick_z | 12/08/05
You're unqualified to discuss this subject...  ye | 12/08/05
Thanks ye  toadlife | 12/08/05
There is a diff between admin and superuser  bpick_z | 12/08/05
There is a diff between admin and superuser  bpick_z | 12/08/05
You nailed me bpick !  toadlife | 12/08/05
Doh! Fixed link  toadlife | 12/08/05
There's little difference between the two  ye | 12/09/05
bpick your superuser is overrated  osreinstall | 12/09/05
What is wrong with Windows security  michael_t | 12/08/05
What do you mean?  ye | 12/08/05
The biggest thing wrong with Windows security is...  toadlife | 12/08/05
The Default Security Setup in Windows is Worse  PMC-CON | 12/14/05
Root does not equal Superuser does not equal Admin  bpick_z | 12/08/05
Root does not equal Superuser does not equal Admin  bpick_z | 12/08/05
lol  toadlife | 12/08/05
Ya know...  3D0G | 12/09/05
Your answer  wexwimpy@... | 12/13/05
Your answer  wexwimpy@... | 12/13/05
Safari Flaws Will Be Found Soon  PMC-CON | 12/08/05
So you agree Apple is far more secure today...  bpick_z | 12/08/05
No.  ye | 12/08/05
You're right...  bpick_z | 12/08/05
How old are you? Nine? Ten?  ye | 12/09/05
Re:Safari Flaws and other myths Microsurfers want to believe  GreyGeek | 12/08/05
Non sequitur  ye | 12/08/05
Doesn't matter tankboy  osreinstall | 12/08/05
Lynux may be no Abrams, but Windoze is definitely the Pinto of Security  bpick_z | 12/08/05
Not mine. I haven't been infected since DOS 6.22.  osreinstall | 12/09/05
It's not called the 'dark side' for nothing. (NT)  bpick_z | 12/08/05
Notice it's only a problem in Windoze  bpick_z | 12/08/05
Good to know  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
haha its why I use  jackie40d@... | 12/09/05
What??????????????  darreno1 | 12/10/05
what????  darreno1 | 12/10/05
And they get control of the PC how ??  The_Q | 12/08/05
Oh my EI Flaw and FF not  John Zern | 12/08/05
Actually, I am loking for honest reporting  The_Q | 12/08/05
Through the power of attorney  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
outperform IE and netscape  mjadler288@... | 12/08/05
Duh!  Daymon | 12/08/05
In what ways?  Quiet_Type | 12/08/05
disabling history.dat?  joksup | 12/08/05
simple solution 4 now  The_Q | 12/08/05
clear cache and history eachtime Firefox is closed  PhilippeV | 12/08/05
so it's a bug???  mmckee58 | 12/08/05
You make a valid point  The_Q | 12/08/05
Ha Ha Ha!  tmartin827@... | 12/08/05
You had me until you said  GreyGeek | 12/08/05
Doesn't really sound like a problem.  DemonX | 12/08/05
Firefox better than Explorer  william.findlay | 12/08/05
This is "tech journalism" that is either made by  michael_t | 12/08/05
Yeah but Firefox isn't perfect  darreno1 | 12/08/05
Nothing is perfect; but it is impossible to find something  michael_t | 12/09/05
To each is own....  darreno1 | 12/10/05
Cross-Domain Security is A Shambles in IE6  PMC-CON | 12/14/05
Several have noticed your observation.  GreyGeek | 12/08/05
I have seen this behavior taking place often enough to  michael_t | 12/09/05
Unpatched Windows bug made public  code_flogger | 12/08/05
So... [text inside]  BlazeEagle | 02/02/06
Exploiters are a bad lot  Boot_Agnostic | 12/08/05
It seems to me...  Anti_Zealot | 12/08/05
Flaws in FireFox  bettyanelson@... | 12/08/05
What to do?  GreyGeek | 12/08/05
False sense of security  darreno1 | 12/08/05
Re: false sense of security  GreyGeek | 12/11/05
Re: false sense of security  GreyGeek | 12/11/05
Yet another sleeper post from you  darreno1 | 12/12/05
and I still have 1/100 th the problems  del_oioi | 12/08/05
There is an alternative to buggy, insecure browsers...  Scrat | 12/09/05
LOL  ejhonda | 12/09/05
Lets get back to work  VytautasB@... | 12/09/05
I agree  tlmalexgro | 12/09/05
Firefox  rgourlay@... | 12/09/05
I now have 1.5  jackie40d@... | 12/09/05
Windows XP? Oh COME ON, I thought you were SERIOUS!  the_slash | 12/09/05
Linux? oh come on.....  darreno1 | 12/10/05
Re:Linux? oh come on...  GreyGeek | 12/11/05
Yawn!!! Keep the FUD coming zealot!  darreno1 | 12/12/05
Re:Linux? oh come on...  GreyGeek | 12/11/05
where is the problem?  zclayton2 | 12/09/05
Nope  IT Scion | 12/09/05
Identify Theft...  robert.jones | 12/09/05
No DoS but still a big issue if....  IT Scion | 12/09/05
This article is bunk. There is NO crashing  bjbrock | 12/09/05
Go here for a workaround!  osreinstall | 12/09/05
Work around for what????  macaso | 12/09/05
This flaw nails older products too.  osreinstall | 12/09/05
Firefox look like my brain !  MAXNet | 12/09/05
Message to the attackers  MAXNet | 12/09/05
Has Anyone had a Firefox 1,5 crash ?  mikemerch@... | 12/11/05
Yes  osreinstall | 12/11/05
The ComputerTerrorism POC Crashes Firefox and IE  PMC-CON | 12/14/05
RE History.dat  Wonder Twins Power | 12/12/05

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