[ThinkDifferent]

Update: Slashdot posters are reporting similar behavior. The exploit doesn't crash Firefox, but it can make it take a long time to read the history file and thus appear to have hung. It's unlikely that this is an actual security threat, although it could be annoying.

[zeugma]

Update: Slashdot posters are reporting similar behavior. The exploit doesn't crash Firefox, but it can make it take a long time to read the history file and thus appear to have hung. It's unlikely that this is an actual security threat, although it could be annoying.

Good to know. I would imagine in that case, that a quick fix if you got bitten by this would be to simply clear your history.

I figure it's better safe than sorry with this type of thing. Better to post, then clarify as more information is forthcoming.

[Golden Eagle]

Slashdot posters are reporting similar behavior.

Isn't that a mostly leftist site? Has always seemed like it to me.