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Recommend disabling WebGL for security purposes: * http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/06/16/webgl-considered-harmful.aspx * http://security.stackexchange.com/a/13840 * https://github.com/x0r1/jellyfish see also my mailing list post: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2015-06/msg00005.html
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| Disable OpenGL graphics acceleration (WebGL feature). This is a new web extension and giving any website the ability to put code into your graphics processor is believed to be a potential source of security vulnerabilities. | ||
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| webgl.disbled (set to true to disable webgl) |
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Microsoft added WebGL in Edge: http://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/05/07/bringing-asm-js-to-chakra-microsoft-edge/ It looks like the only security vulnerability discovered to time has been fixed in WebGL spec 1.0.1 (denial of service issue is yet to be fixed) as described here: |
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Recommend disabling WebGL for security purposes:
see also my mailing list post: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2015-06/msg00005.html