[tbb-bugs] #16692 [Tor Browser]: New twitter feature makes Tor Browser crash

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#16692: New twitter feature makes Tor Browser crash
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     Reporter:  mrphs        |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Description changed by mrphs:

Old description:

> There's this new feature in twitter that if you move your mouse over an
> avatar, it tries to show you a preview of their profile. And it makes Tor
> Browser to crash.
>
> I tried it at least a couple of times on OS X with TB 5.0a3 and each time
> it worked.

New description:

 There's this new feature in twitter that if you move your mouse over an
 avatar, it tries to show you a preview of their profile. And it makes Tor
 Browser to crash.

 I managed to reproduce it a bunch of times on OS X with TB 5.0a3.

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