So, did anyone just have half their raid crash with "Stack overflow"?

• Hamlet · 12/03/06, 10:19 PM

And have the same people crash repeatedly, always simultaneously.
Happen to others? repro known?

♦ Praetorian · 12/03/06, 10:20 PM

Uh, what were you doing at the time?

• Hamlet · 12/03/06, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Praetorian

Uh, what were you doing at the time?

Fighting 4H. Doesn't sound relevant though--happened to other people at the same time, some not in the guild, or even in the same zone.

Basically, a whole bunch of people dc'ed simultaneously, all reporting a WoW crash. While trying to log back in, exactly the same set of people again dc'ed simultaneously. Disabling addons didn't do anything.

Mochiloc · 12/03/06, 10:25 PM

running through the wall behind skeram

• Hamlet · 12/03/06, 10:25 PM

Ok. Might have something to do with this:

[link to chat crash exploit censored]

Malan · 12/03/06, 10:32 PM

Uhhh, might be a good idea to remove that link right now.

Voljun · 12/03/06, 10:34 PM

Time for some fun in my raid this week.

But on a more serious note, does the chat actually show up as text or does it just disconnect people?

Vosk · 12/03/06, 10:35 PM

At least I got the counter to it saved, before the link goes poof. :>

Shik · 12/03/06, 10:47 PM

Posting a link from an obscure exploit/bug website onto one of the most heavily trafficked guild websites is not smart.

Blizzard won't tolerate people doing this, and the culprits will be blatantly obvious to their server logs since its using chat channels. I would not be surprised if they respond with permanent account bans, since its clear harassment of their customers and disruption of server stability.

• Hamlet · 12/03/06, 10:50 PM

Since the link contained a purported fix, which seemed to work fine for us, posting it seemed like a better idea.

♦ Praetorian · 12/03/06, 10:55 PM

The fix is:

add the following lines to your "World of Warcraft\WTF\Config.wtf" file and you will be immune to this crash exploit.

SET readContest "-1"
SET readScanning "-1"
SET spamFilter "0"
SET profanityFilter "0"

There's no need for a link to a place to download what enables the exploit.

• Hamlet · 12/03/06, 10:59 PM

Yeah, sorry, was just being hasty because I was trying to get a raid back together.

Maybe that fix should be posted somewhere prominent, though.

Elendril · 12/03/06, 11:05 PM

now i'm really curious what the hack does, at least :-P

Copernic · 12/03/06, 11:14 PM

To make it up to us, you could find some way to re-enable that bug that let everyone jump in mid-air, as high as they wanted to.

I loved that bug. I spent a few happy hours miles above Ironforge before it got fixed.

Never had the balls to exploit with it... I was even too scared to get into the Ironforge Airport :)

CrazyGamer · 12/03/06, 11:22 PM

Well, I guess most of us have at some point experienced people who were crashing whenever you messaged them a certain word/character. I still have fond memories of the days when our MT would disconnect if anyone in whispers or warrior channel would use [%] in any context. This was mod-related and he got rid of it by removing chat event monitor.

By the sound of it, this exploit is much the same, with the exception that the software to make someone vulnerable is downloaded on the side of the "attacker" rather than the victim, meaning that random people won't be safe and you can basically trash their raids as much as you like.

Any word on why it appears only part of your members were vulnerable to it?