[Bug 1017761] [NEW] firefox page load makes X consume all cpu, kill firefox

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

In my firefox (current quantal as of today '14.0~b9+build1-0ubuntu1'), if I load the page at
   http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/02/awk-conditional-statements/

my X almost immediately starts consuming all CPU, making it almost
impossible to do anything.  I was able to hit 'ctrl-alt-f1' and then log
in and run 'top' to see X spinning.

Loading the same page later in the day (on accident), I let it run its
course, and eventually firefox was killed via OOM, and the system
generally returned to normal.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: firefox 14.0~b9+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20120625123548
Date: Mon Jun 25 21:16:50 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles:
 Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=14.0/20120625123548
 Profile1 - LastVersion=6.0/20110725191936 (Out of date)
 Profile2 - LastVersion=13.0/20120601175215 (Out of date)
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2011-11-07 (231 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity

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