bugtraq - Re: Netscape and Opera crash via java

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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:04:55 -0600 (CST)
From: "Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr." <wayne@...net.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Netscape and Opera crash via java


On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Marc Schoenefeld wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> executing
>
> <scr1pt language="Javascript">
> t = new Packages.sun.plugin.javascript.navig5.JSObject(1,1);
> </scr1pt>
>
> crashes Netscape 7.02 and Opera 7 on Windows XP.
> The active JVM in both tested browsers is Java 1.4.1_02 from Sun.
>
> This liveconnect (javascript-2-java-communication) stuff seems
> to be still very dangerous.
>
> Sincerely
> Marc Schoenefeld

I tested it on the two versions of linux/mozilla I have immediately
available:

Crashes Mozilla 1.2a
  (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910)

Does not crash Mozilla 1.0
  (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020605)

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