[tor-bugs] #18090 [Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 5.5a6 (High) eats all memory and crashes when playing video

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#18090: Tor Browser 5.5a6 (High) eats all memory and crashes when playing video
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 Reporter:  bugzilla                             |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  Very High                            |         Status:  new
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Critical                             |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-crash, tbb-performance-leaking,  |     Resolution:
  TorBrowserTeam201601, Windows, OOM             |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
  Sponsor:                                       |
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Comment (by bugzilla):

 Hmm, it's very hard to reproduce.
 Link to video acts like the key - ip addr of exitnode is a part of it.
 Maybe, some ip that breaks circuit visualizer, makes NoScript mad too?
 Or maybe it is just one of huge amount of bugs of outdated (by video caps)
 FF ESR...

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