Hacking Question Does this Tweet cause your Nintendo Switch to freeze?

[CosmoCortney]

I just found some people noticing that it is possible to exceed the 140 char length of tweets if it looks like a YouTube url.
I probed with it a bit and made a tweet that causes my Webbrowser (latest Google Chrome) to either freeze or crash when the Tweet shows up on Twitter's front page.
Here's the link to my tweet: https://twitter.com/CosmoCortney/status/926912373583204352

I don't want to try it myself because I want to keep my Switch below 4.0.0

 

[yardie]

Dunno what you're trying to get at here...

 

[WiiUBricker]

Dunno what you're trying to get at here...

Probably hopes that this leads to a browser exploit on latest firmware.

 

[VinsCool]

Looks like that's a Twitter oversight that may be fixed relatively quickly.

Either way loading this on my phone through the Twitter app loads up youtube to an invalid video message.

 

[CosmoCortney]

just curious. i doubt it'd open any vulnerability though

 

[iAqua]

I just found some people noticing that it is possible to exceed the 140 char length of tweets if it looks like a YouTube url.
I probed with it a bit and made a tweet that causes my Webbrowser (latest Google Chrome) to either freeze or crash when the Tweet shows up on Twitter's front page.
Here's the link to my tweet: https://twitter.com/CosmoCortney/status/926912373583204352

I don't want to try it myself because I want to keep my Switch below 4.0.0

i have stolen your tweet.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Either way loading this on my phone through the Twitter app loads up youtube to an invalid video message.

Dat link tho

youtube.com/If_Twitter_thinks_this_is_a_You_Tube_URL_you_can_exceed_the_140_character_limit._Very_useful._just_replace_any_space_with_a_lower_dash._Dots_can_still_be_used._Same_for_commas,_and_apostrophes._Fun_fact:_word_correction_still_works_as_well_lololololol_more_random_text:_lorem_ipsum_i_don't_speak_latin_muhahahahahahahahahahahahah._make_me_some_sauerkraut.

 

[Xyphoseos]

that's true, look this :
https://twitter.com/Timrasett/status/926903967027785728

 

[CosmoCortney]

my link also crashes Twitter App (Android)
EDIT: now it doesn't crash there anymore and tells me to tab to retry

 

[CosmoCortney]

The "tweet" button now causes Chrome to crash..

 

[Xyphoseos]

my link also crashes Twitter App (Android)
EDIT: now it doesn't crash there anymore and tells me to tab to retry

the same on my phone x)

 

[SomeGamer]

Doesn't crash Firefox here, neither on desktop, nor on Android.

 

[APartOfMe]

clicking on the link gives me a 404 on youtube. nothing else happens

 

[Beerus]

same 404

 

[Deleted User]

Won't even load whatever page that is on Twitter just black screen. no crash. Weird.

 

[yardie]

this is a complete waste of time
why would this even lead to an exploit?

 

[AxlSt00pid]

I just found some people noticing that it is possible to exceed the 140 char length of tweets if it looks like a YouTube url.

Sooo, can this be used to break the Guiness World Records' World's longest Tweet record?

 

[g00s3y]

this is a complete waste of time
why would this even lead to an exploit?

Welcome to GBATemp, 90% of the posts here are a waste of time.

 

[PotatisKnug]

Imade a tweet that causes my Webbrowser (latest Google Chrome)

Meh,

 

[Joom]

Welcome to GBATemp, 90% of the posts here are a waste of time.

"I just hang out here because uselessness is useful apparently."
Anyway, the guy that originally discovered this leveraged a loophole in Twitter's URL shortener, and actually made a post with over 30,000 characters in it. Twitter has since patched it.