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Crash Apps by simply typing File:///

VPrime

VPrime

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Hey I just found this on hackernews, and thought I would mention it here also.

If you type File:/// in native apps, and many 3rd party apps it will cause the application to crash.
Textedit, spotlight, finder, safari, mail.. even iMessage.

I tried sending an iMessage from my iPhone to my iMac saying File:/// it crashed the iMacs iMessage app. I also can not relaunch the messages app on the iMac as it crashes every time due to that incoming message.
 
Partron22

Partron22

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Yes
File:///

That's fairly nasty.
It brings down AppleScript Editor, and Notes, not my browser.
 
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mindlessmissy

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Lol ...

I just crashed AppleScriptEditor with this and when I went into Console to see the reason for the crash, Console ALSO crashed ...

:eek::confused::cool:
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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VPrime said:
If you type File:/// in native apps, and many 3rd party apps it will cause the application to crash.
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So why would you ever find it necessary to type that, anyway?

Patient: "Doc, it hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "So don't do that!"
 
VPrime

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mrsir2009 said:
Could you send an iMessage from your iPhone to your Mac saying File:/// and the Mac's iMessage would crash? :D
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Yes.. It will crash the recipients iMessage app on the Mac.. It will also make it impossible to open again.
I'm told sending 80 additional messages will cause messages to open again, at which time you can delete the conversation.
 
Mr. Retrofire

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VPrime said:
Hey I just found this on hackernews, and thought I would mention it here also.

If you type File:/// in native apps, and many 3rd party apps it will cause the application to crash.
Textedit, spotlight, finder, safari, mail...
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AFAIK, this does not work on Leopard and Snow Leopard. If this is real, then it is probably a new feature of Lion/Mountain Lion.
 
sammich

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VPrime said:
Yes.. It will crash the recipients iMessage app on the Mac.. It will also make it impossible to open again.
I'm told sending 80 additional messages will cause messages to open again, at which time you can delete the conversation.
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Or, could you just delete that message from an iOS device?

EDIT: I just sent 'FiIe:///' to a group message.
 
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MisterKeeks

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Mr. Retrofire said:
AFAIK, this does not work on Leopard and Snow Leopard. If this is real, then it is probably a new feature of Lion/Mountain Lion.
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It does not work on SL. When I get home I will fire up one of my PowerPCs and test Leopard, but it's a pretty safe bet that it won't work.
 
Peace

Peace

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I have no idea why anyone would type that unless it was a mistake but I can say that bug is in 10.8.3 build 12D61 . Lets hope the burgeoning stories about it makes the engineers work with those data sets.
 
turtlez

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I could see this being used in trolling methods. Hope Apple fixes it soon :p
 
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