Closed Bug 436750 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Javascript alert windows completely freeze the page and the rest of the tabs on the window

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 59314

People

(Reporter: dranger, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051202 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051202 Firefox/3.0

When a Javascript alert pops up, you cannot stop the script, close the tab of the offending page, or switch to any of the other tabs in the window. A malicious or buggy script could easily cripple your Firefox browsing session. This bug especially affects web developers as well.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to a page with an infinite Javascript alert loop
2. Try to get away!
3.


Expected Results:  
You should be able to stop the script or shut down the page
This is a known issue.
related bugs: bug 59314, bug 61098, bug 123913
Choose one to dupe this to.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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