Consistent VM Crash While Using Firefox

[Adjutor]

Hi there,

I've used VirtualBox for several years now and have never noticed a bug like this. When I upgraded to latest version of VirtualBox, 4.2.18, I noticed a particular page that I was on crashed the VM immediately. I then quickly restarted the VM and noticed the same problem occurred when navigating to a particular page. I then opened up Portable Firefox to see if the problem was only with my installed version of Firefox. I found that the crash still occurred with different instance. To eliminate the possibility that the VM itself had a problem, I installed a new, fresh VM with same OS as the previous VM. After freshly installing the OS, I installed a fresh copy of Firefox. I then proceeded to install Adobe Flash Player as the particular page in question requires. I then navigated to the page and noticed that the VM did NOT crash. This was before Guest Additions was installed. I then restarted the VM in Safe Mode and installed Guest Additions WITHOUT Direct3D Experimental support. At this point, I turned on 3D Hardware Acceleration to see if this setting without Direct3D enabled effected anything. I then restarted the VM, opened Firefox, and navigated to the page in question. The VM did NOT crash. I then restarted the VM in Safe Mode and installed Guest Additions WITH Direct3D Experimental support. I restarted the VM, opened Firefox, and navigated to the page in question. The VM DID crash. The problem I see with this particular bug is how devastating it is from merely a browser, causing the entire VM to crash. I also did not notice this behavior in the previous VirtualBox release (4.2.16). I believe one of the new changes is the source of this crash. I believe the crash is caused by 3D support.

So, to reproduce this behavior:

1. Create new Windows XP VM, put 3D Acceleration on to 128MB
2. Install Firefox in the VM
3. Install Adobe Flash Player in the VM
4. Install VirtualBox Guest Additions with 3D support
5. Navigate to "Testing Webpage" using Firefox

Note: if the VM does not crash immediately, I noticed in combination with scrolling that page and/or waiting a minute will cause it to crash.

Host OS: Windows 7 Professional x64 with SP1 Guest OS: Windows XP Professional with x86 with SP3 Testing Webpage: ​http://flashvideotrainingsource.com/featured_post/hints-and-tips/build-a-stage3d-shoot-em-up-explosions-parallax-and-collisions

Windows Problem Signature: Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: VirtualBox.exe Application Version: 4.2.18.0 Application Timestamp: 5229ca20 Fault Module Name: nvoglv64.DLL Fault Module Version: 9.18.13.1106 Fault Module Timestamp: 50f947d1 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 0000000000851e80 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 6b9c Additional Information 2: 6b9c85f1389b2d9c44f162c847f67bfd Additional Information 3: 3281 Additional Information 4: 3281c956c43b72d25d9425966f2d08f6

I have attached the VBox.log. Please let me know if someone can reproduce this issue.

Thank you.

[Adjutor]

VBox.log

[misha]

I am unable to reproduce this issue with the latest test VBox build. It is very likely that your issue is solved already with VBox ?post-?4.3 changes.
Could you try the following test build that has all fixes included:

Windows Host:
​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-4.3.1-90291-Win.exe
Extension Pack:
​http://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.1-90291.vbox-extpack

NOTE that you'll need to update Guest Additions to those supplied with the build.
Let me know if you need a build for any other host OS type.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please reopen if still relevant with VBox 4.3.2. If you still experience this problem, please attach a VBox.log file from such a VBox 4.3.2 VM session.