[Bug 243835] [NEW] big svg freezes firefox/system

[Mitchell B. Squire]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

ubuntu 8.04 up to date.
firefox 3 up to date.

opening big standalone svg files freezes firefox. the application seems still running, it takes over 400mb of ram.
sometimes system becomes unusable.

this was the svg involved.
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/teams/art.gnome.org/backgrounds/ABSTRACT-CrunchyBranch_scalable.svg

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 29 01:06:27 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

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


** Tags: apport-bug

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big svg freezes firefox/system
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