Mozilla Flaw Lets Links Run Arbitrary Programs

Yes, it turns out that Firefox is vulnerable to the same sorts of buffer overflow exploits as Internet Explorer. Or I should say, WAS vulnerable. There is already a new build of Firefox out that fixes the problem, less than a DAY after the discovery. Not to mention that Firefox was still technically beta software anyway. There is an advantage to being small enough to outrun the 800lb. Gorilla in Redmond.