[Bug 839251] Re: EOG and Firefox eat up memory when opening animated GIF

[Roland Hieber]

apport information

** Tags added: apport-collected

** Description changed:

  When trying to open a specific GIF file with either Firefox or EOG, the
  process eats up all the system memory (4GB in my case), so the system
  starts to swap and becomes unusable.
  
  According to the file(1) utility:
  evil-2336-6467_c39e.gif: GIF image data, version 89a, 20000 x 8880
  Also, GIMP manages to open the file, showing 42 transparent frames of size 20000 x 8880, except the first frame, which is completely black. 
  
  KolourPaint, the Windows Explorer and the Windows Internet Explorer
  display the file as a 44x44 pixel image, which I suppose is the correct
  size. However, also the GNOME file open dialog displayes the first frame
  from the file correctly.
  
  Versions used on my system:
  firefox                               3.6.21+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, from lucid-updates
  gimp                                  2.6.10-1ubuntu3~ppa1~lucid1, from ppa:lucid-bleed/ppa
  kolourpaint4                          4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1, from lucid-updates
  file                                  5.03-5ubuntu1, from lucid
  eog                                   2.30.0-0ubuntu1, from lucid
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: eog 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-34.76-generic 2.6.32.44+drm33.19
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-34-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep  2 04:34:46 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  SourcePackage: eog
+ --- 
+ Architecture: amd64
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
+ EcryptfsInUse: Yes
+ FirefoxPackages:
+  firefox 3.6.22+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
+  firefox-gnome-support 3.6.22+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
+  firefox-branding 3.6.22+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
+  abroswer N/A
+  abrowser-branding N/A
+ Package: firefox 3.6.22+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
+ PackageArchitecture: amd64
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-32.62-generic 2.6.32.38+drm33.16
+ Tags: lucid
+ Uname: Linux 2.6.32-32-generic x86_64
+ UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout disk fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare src vboxusers

** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
   https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/839251/+attachment/2373825/+files/Dependencies.txt

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