Quick way to crash Prime95

James Heinrich · 2004-08-16, 16:30

Not sure if this has been noted before, but I accidentally put some entries in worktodo.ini like this:

Code:

Pfactor=M14891627,65,1

Note the erroneous "M". Doing that caused memory usage to fly through the roof and crash Prime95 within a second. Prime95 should have some validation checking when parsing worktodo.ini, since there's always people like me out there who do dumb things

Uncwilly · 2006-03-22, 23:54

Maybe for the next version of the software.

2004-08-16, 16:30	#1
James Heinrich "James Heinrich" May 2004 ex-Northern Ontario 11×311 Posts	Quick way to crash Prime95 Not sure if this has been noted before, but I accidentally put some entries in worktodo.ini like this: Code: Pfactor=M14891627,65,1 Note the erroneous "M". Doing that caused memory usage to fly through the roof and crash Prime95 within a second. Prime95 should have some validation checking when parsing worktodo.ini, since there's always people like me out there who do dumb things

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2006-03-22, 23:54	#2
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2×4,909 Posts	Maybe for the next version of the software.