[RESOLVED] 1.9.7.7: Wikipedia pages sporadically crashing FF

[StarlitVoyager]

I just recently upgraded to version 1.9.7.7 of NoScript. And just recently, my browser has started crashing (forced to close, NOT freezing) only when I'm browsing Wikipedia. It doesn't happen EVERY time I view a Wikipedia page, but if I keep clicking links to different Wikipedia articles, it generally happens after 10 or fewer times.

I noticed that HTML 5 blocking was a recent new feature, and since I know Wikipedia is a huge proponent of Vorbis and Theora (Firefox's < audio > and < video > codecs), I suspect that there may be some interaction between NoScript and Wikipedia causing Firefox to crash. Also, I've just disabled NoScript, and have been clicking through numerous Wikipedia articles without a single crash. When I re-enable NoScript, the sporadic crashes start up again.

[StarlitVoyager]

My apologies, this is a misreport. A Wikipedia page just crashed Firefox again, but this time NoScript was disabled.

I'll investigate this further on my own and attempt to isolate the true cause.

[StarlitVoyager]

Yeah, sorry guys. This totally is *not* NoScript's doing.

I found a Wikipedia entry that crashed my Firefox every time I tried to view it ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei ). Disabling the "Web of Trust" (WOT) add-on completely resolved the issue, while re-enabling WOT indeed made the Galileo entry crash again. Filed a report with them.

[Alan Baxter]

Thank you for the heads-up, StarlitVoyager.