[tor-bugs] #10905 [- Select a component]: Tor browser/Firefox/iceweasel hangs on certain sites

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#10905: Tor browser/Firefox/iceweasel hangs on certain sites
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 Reporter:  banshes               |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
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 True with Tor Browser 3.5.1 - FF 24.2.0
 Tails iso boot 0.22.1 - FF 24.3.0

 browse to a LinkedIn url, and some other sites
 FF goes to 100% cpu and eventually crashes with the below output.





 Tor browser bundle hangs for certain web sites

 Here's one, and there are more:

 http://www.linkedin.com/company/sephora/careers?trk=top_nav_careers

 Symptom:
 Tor Browser immediately gets very slow. After 50 minutes, it runs out of
 memory.

 info output:

 Could not check applicable rules for about:tor
 Could not check applicable rules for about:blank
 ###!!! ABORT: OOM: file ../../dist/include/nsTHashtable.h, line 172
 ###!!! ABORT: OOM: file ../../dist/include/nsTHashtable.h, line 172
 Feb 03 12:20:51.000 [notice] Owning controller connection has closed --
 exiting now.
 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 Tor Browser exited abnormally. Exit code: 139

 Initially reported as comment on https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-
 browser-351-released

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