16 chars that can crash your chrome browser! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TeaNTronics
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 11:28:04 am
content: i found some chrome bug on the web.there is a new bug in google chrome that can crash your browser.if you moving your mouse over this link (or long-pressing on mobile), or trying to open the link,it will cause your browser to crash. i have tested this, it works.here is the link (don't say i didn't warn you):Code:http://a/%%30%30you can find more details about it here:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/20/chrome_url_crash/there is also an bug issue on chromium:https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=533361edit: i had to put it on code quote so it won't crash your browser when you view it

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 11:58:17 am
content: It crashed mine. Good catch.

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 12:35:45 pm
content: How does someone find a bug like this?

author: krivx
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 12:44:44 pm
content: If this is yours I would submit it to the bounty program:https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/chrome-rewards/

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 12:47:51 pm
content: It's from Friday:http://andrisatteka.blogspot.nl/2015/09/a-simple-string-to-crash-google-chrome.htmlhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=533361Edit: I mean May :https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=486912

author: TeaNTronics
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 12:53:49 pm
content: Quote from: Rerouter on September 21, 2015, 12:35:45 pmi guess he just bump into itQuote from: krivx on September 21, 2015, 12:44:44 pmi'm not the person who found this bug first, the person who found it is a bloger called Andris Atteka:http://andrisatteka.blogspot.nl/2015/09/a-simple-string-to-crash-google-chrome.htmland he already filled a bug report at chromium:https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=533361and he tried to submit the report to the reward program, but he got nothing:Quote

author: TeaNTronics
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 01:08:39 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on September 21, 2015, 12:47:51 pmthat's interesting,so it's not new, and someone first reported it about 4 months ago.untill now google did nothing to fix it.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 01:23:16 pm
content: The link posted by TeaNTronics does not cause a crash. But it does if you add two more 'a' characters.The mouseover in the bug report crashes all the tabs, but a navigating to the link crashes the entire browser.Chrome Windows 45.0.2454.93 m

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 01:58:16 pm
content: It crashes Opera as well as Chrome but unlike chrome opera bounces straight back up again.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 04:53:11 pm
content: Well, opera uses the same engine on a different shell. Not that surprising.

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 05:53:19 pm
content: It does not crash Safari.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 06:51:09 pm
content: Any guess what is special about this string?

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 07:15:03 pm
content: Try converting to Windings

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2015, 08:24:42 pm
content: Tried it in Chrome 43.0.2357.134 m -- It did nothing.

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 02:23:04 am
content: Works on Chrome OS 46.0.2490.33 beta... it blanks the screen and recovers after a few seconds.