Lol Bomb

Adam Argyle August 1, 2021
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Billion Laughs Attack aka: XML bomb ๐Ÿ’ฃ A type of DoS attack aimed at XML parsers that with a few liens of code, aims to consume a ton of memory. :root { --ha1 : lol ; --ha2 : var (--ha1) var (--ha1) var (--ha1) ; --ha3 : var (--ha2) var (--ha2) var (--ha2) ; --ha4 : var (--ha3) var (--ha3) var (--ha3) ; --ha5 : var (--ha4) var (--ha4) var (--ha4) ; ... } #CSS was a victim of this when custom properties were introduced. Learn more on Wikipedia or the CSS Variables Spec .

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