Re: Opera Browser goes Crash

From: http-equivat_private
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 11:02:30 PDT

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    > In data 23/10/01 18.53, Holmes, Ben ha scritto a  
    > <vuln-devat_private> il seguente messaggio:
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    > >I usually use Opera browser (it truly is a fast browser), and it just
    > closed
    > >when I went to a link...
    > >
    > >The link was "http://www.malware.com/hello.html";
    > >
    > >In Netscape, it is supposed to play a sound file...
    > >
    > >In I.E it just comes up and allows to view source.
    > [...]
    > 
    > No crash here with this system:
    > Opera 5.12
    > Build 932
    > No Java Runtime
    > Language Italian
    > O.S. Win98 first ed. (italian).
    > Clicking on View Source button, just return a "404 Not Found" message.
    
    Correct. On our Opera 5.10 Build 902 on Windows 98 ALSO with "No Java
    Runtime Environment installed" -- no crash either.
    
    Here's the inside scoop:
    
    On the page http://www.malware.com/notscape.html is the exact same url
    scheme as is on hello.html with one exception.
    
    data:[<mediatype>][;base64],<data> with image/gif only requires the input of
    the actual image file encoded in base64. Nothing more. However, to make the
    sound file work [data:audio/wav;base64...] we found that in order to invoke
    the applicable plug-in, in Netscape, we had to add the actual file
    extension:
    
    .wav
    
    This is encoded and incorporated in the data:audio/wav;base64..............
    
    ....Ly53YXYAUADrAVYCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==<~~~ at the tail-end
    translates to:
    
    /.wav
    
    If it's not crashing on the first page ..notscape.htmlwith the image/gif and
    no necessary file extension needed, but on the hello.html it could be caused
    by that. Additionally test whether the amount of base64 encoding in fact has
    an affect, by simply chopping out all or most of the encoded wav file and
    only leave the incorporated encoded file extension and the marker [RIFFÎ 
    WAVEfmt    U  àÄ’j{z¸Ÿ] at the begining:
    
    <embed
    src="data:audio/wav;base64,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Ly53YXYAUADrAVYCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=="
     autostart=true width=0 height=0 loop=true>
    
    Lastly, the view-source protocol is only netscape and explorer specific.
    
    
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