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One line of html code to crash Winblows
Aloone_Jonez:
Grapshics Device Interface, isn't this what Windows uses instead of the X-window system as I origionally thought?
Shiver:
Unbelievable. I didn't think even winshit could be downed this easily anymore. :D
Choking it with a picture resized too large feels so... simple. One would think something like this would have been found ages ago. :o
WMD:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Grapshics Device Interface, isn't this what Windows uses instead of the X-window system as I origionally thought?
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Yes, and it runs in kernel mode.
Combustible:
you are reading way too much into it, this isnt a bug the computer is doing what its supposed to do. maybe there should be some safeguards to stop it from trying to do that but thats not relevant right now, this is why is "crashes"
(it doesnt actually crash. let it sit long enough and it will recover unless the pc goes down under the strain)
the browser is being told to prep a 9999999x9999999 space for an image. thats 99999980000001 pixels.
thats a lot of pixels. an image of 262144x262144 is half a terabyte according to the gimp
you got a pc that can handle several orders of magnitude larger file sizes? probably not. if you try and render this, here is what happens:
1. it allots the space
2. it freaks out
3. it seems to lock up but really is just working super hard
4. your pc will go down if its not stable to begin with
im typing this on IE6 XPSP2 after having opened the link. it took me a while to get the mouse over the X to close the window and free up my pc, but i did it.
woo.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: Combustible ---you are reading way too much into it, this isnt a bug the computer is doing what its supposed to do. maybe there should be some safeguards to stop it from trying to do that but thats not relevant right now, this is why is "crashes"
(it doesnt actually crash. let it sit long enough and it will recover unless the pc goes down under the strain)
the browser is being told to prep a 9999999x9999999 space for an image. thats 99999980000001 pixels.
thats a lot of pixels. an image of 262144x262144 is half a terabyte according to the gimp
you got a pc that can handle several orders of magnitude larger file sizes? probably not. if you try and render this, here is what happens:
1. it allots the space
2. it freaks out
3. it seems to lock up but really is just working super hard
4. your pc will go down if its not stable to begin with
im typing this on IE6 XPSP2 after having opened the link. it took me a while to get the mouse over the X to close the window and free up my pc, but i did it.
woo.
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It's also a browser issue. Opera simply displayed the image smaller, and didn't render the full 9999999x9999999.
The image they used for the hack is pretty cool:
sweetydead.jpg
Down with Jamba!
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