[ale] X Windows large font exploit

Jim Philips jcphil at mindspring.com
Wed Jun 12 17:33:46 EDT 2002


The Register is publishing news of a DOS exploit of X Windows. If a Web site 
requires that X Windows use especially large fonts, Mozilla will bring the 
box to halt when it tries to load the fonts. The details are here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25689.html

If you want to test the exploit, this site will bring your machine to a halt 
(use at your own risk!):

http://www.adeliesolutions.com/Projects/

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