NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1

Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by zuppy on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:22AM (#14424685)

Wow, it's like Windows 95 again. I used to crash the computers with \con\con links.

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Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by DanBC on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:49AM (#14424882)

Or crash IE with <input type crash>

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Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by azinman2 on Friday May 26, 2017 @12:33PM (#14425290)

Wait was that really a thing?

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Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by marcosdumay on Friday May 26, 2017 @12:56PM (#14425480)

I think all the GP is missing is an '=' sign.

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Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by cesarb on Friday May 26, 2017 @01:47PM (#14425872)

Yes, and that's the trick. The bug happened when IE encountered an "input" element with a "type" attribute which was not followed by an equals sign. "<input type=crash>" wouldn't crash, while "<input type crash>" or "<input type abcdef>" would. Technical explanation: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/319488/30/0/threaded

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Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by jacquesm on Friday May 26, 2017 @05:01PM (#14427148)

And the zero delay animated gif. Instant freeze.

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Re:NTFS bug lets anyone hang or crash Windows 7 or 8.1 by DanBC on Friday May 26, 2017 @04:49PM (#14427052)

I've never seen that write up before, thank you. It's good.

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