Search Suggestions Can Crash Chrome and Firefox Browsers

Security researchers from the Nightwatch Cybersecurity discovered a new way of crashing Firefox and Chromium browsers on mobile and desktop environments. This method relies on using search suggestions feature which both of these browsers support. The issue here is not a software bug, but a fault in design implementation which allows their attack to be executed. All browsers today have a search field or allow users to search through the URL address bar. Based on search engines supported inside the browser and search suggestions that can be shown as the user types his query. The experts at Nightwatch security said that if browser’s search engine provider does not protect

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Search Suggestions Can Crash Chrome and Firefox Browsers
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