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Arizona Hot:
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Web link causes Safari crashes, device reboots on iOS and Mac

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Stoic Joker:
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Web link causes Safari crashes, device reboots on iOS and Mac -Arizona Hot (January 27, 2016, 10:33 AM)
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While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..

Arizona Hot:
While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..
-Stoic Joker (January 27, 2016, 01:42 PM)
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Have any users lost time when this happens to their computer.

Stoic Joker:
While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..
-Stoic Joker (January 27, 2016, 01:42 PM)
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Have any users lost time when this happens to their computer.
-Arizona Hot (January 28, 2016, 12:52 AM)
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...I have no idea. I just thought it was to good an opportunity to pass up, so I tossed a copy of the exploit code on one of our intranet webservers and had a go at it. Industry whipping boy IE was the obvious first choice, with - arguably Beta - Edge being a close second. Neither of which even as much as blinked at the codes shenanigans. So since FF hadn't been mentioned in anything I'd read, I gave it a shot, and it froze/crashed instantly.

The resulting browser crashing link that the code produces is below (mangled just a bit so it doesn't go live here):
hxxp://crashsafari/0123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667668669670671672673674675676677678679680681682683684685686687688689690691692693694695696697698699700701702703704705706707708709710711712713714715716717718719720721722
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It looks like a fairly straightforward - lack of input validation - overflow exploit. I guess not everybody likes to learn from other peoples (MS/IE) mistakes.. *Shrug*

Deozaan:
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Web link causes Safari crashes, device reboots on iOS and Mac -Arizona Hot (January 27, 2016, 10:33 AM)
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While the exploit also crashes FireFox and Google Chrome, it has Absolutely No Effect on either IE or the new MS Edge Browsers..

-Stoic Joker (January 27, 2016, 01:42 PM)
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I thought this was a joke because the article says it happens on iOS and Mac, and I assumed IE and Edge were not on those OSes. :)

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