Full Disclosure: Re: Firefox 2.0.0.7 has a very serious calculation bug

[Bob Clary <bob () bclary com>]

carl hardwick wrote:
> There's a flaw in Firefox 2.0.0.7 allows javascript to execute wrong
> subtractions.
>
> PoC concept here:
> javascript:5.2-0.1
> (copy this code into address bar)
>
> Firefox 2.0.0.7 result: 5.1000000000000005 (WRONG!)
> Internet Explorer 7 result: 5.1 (OK)
Please read <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5856>.

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