[Bug 85296] Omitting protocol ('file://') from URL causes firefox-bin to crash

[peterdv]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Start browser.
In URL field type path to local file, without the protocol part (i.e.: /tmp/index.html)
Hit return
=> this crash.

Workaround: be explicit
In URL field type path to local file, with the protocol part (i.e.: file:///tmp/index.html)
Hit return
=> It works

ProblemType: Crash
Date: Thu Feb 15 10:13:12 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin
Package: firefox 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin
ProcCwd: /home/peterdv
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: firefox
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Uname: Linux 49DKH2J 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner video

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Omitting protocol ('file://') from URL causes firefox-bin to crash
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85296