[Bug 220943] [NEW] BBC News embedded flash page crashes Firefox when tab closed

[Rich]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

1) I'm running Ubuntu 8.04.
2) I'm using Firefox 3.0b5 - package 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3

Had multiple tabs open, and visited the following page in a new tab:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7360864.stm

3) Expected to be able to view the video on the page above (after clicking the play icon - I have Flashblock installed) and closing the tab to not crash Firefox.
4) The BBC News animated logo (only visible outside the UK I think - I'm in France) played, and then it displayed the "rotating dots" animation to suggest it was buffering the report itself, but it never gets any further. Close the tab, and the whole of Firefox crashes.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 23 10:38:26 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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BBC News embedded flash page crashes Firefox when tab closed
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