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Re: Firefox 2.0.0.7 has a very serious calculation bug


From: Bob Clary <bob () bclary com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:16:27 -0400

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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