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[Bug 899756] [NEW] Opening image from cloudfront.net via Smashwords locks up Firefox & entire computer

 

Public bug reported:

>From Smashwords.com, clicking on a thumbnail image opens the full-size
picture in a new tab, sourced from cloudfront.net. The picture partly
loads, then freezes Firefox and the entire computer, requiring a hard
reboot. This doesn't happen with any other website.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  ianthealy   1358 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20111115183541
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xefebc000 irq 43'
   Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9200'
   Components	: 'HDA:83847690,102801cd,00102201 HDA:14f12bfa,14f100c3,00090000'
   Controls      : 13
   Simple ctrls  : 7
Channel: release
Date: Sat Dec  3 15:59:27 2011
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
IpRoute:
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.7  metric 2 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1  scope link  metric 1000 
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth1  proto static
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=8.0/20111115183541 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-08 (209 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0FF049
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd04/02/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FF049:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: MP061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty

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Title:
  Opening image from cloudfront.net via Smashwords locks up Firefox &
  entire computer

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  From Smashwords.com, clicking on a thumbnail image opens the full-size
  picture in a new tab, sourced from cloudfront.net. The picture partly
  loads, then freezes Firefox and the entire computer, requiring a hard
  reboot. This doesn't happen with any other website.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: firefox 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ianthealy   1358 F.... pulseaudio
  BuildID: 20111115183541
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xefebc000 irq 43'
     Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9200'
     Components	: 'HDA:83847690,102801cd,00102201 HDA:14f12bfa,14f100c3,00090000'
     Controls      : 13
     Simple ctrls  : 7
  Channel: release
  Date: Sat Dec  3 15:59:27 2011
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
  IfupdownConfig:
   auto lo
   iface lo inet loopback
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  IpRoute:
   192.168.0.0/24 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.7  metric 2 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1  scope link  metric 1000 
   default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth1  proto static
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=8.0/20111115183541 (Running)
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-08 (209 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/02/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A08
  dmi.board.name: 0FF049
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd04/02/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMP061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FF049:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: MP061
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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