Description

A user has reported that they could BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) their computer by putting in 999999999999 as the number of pieces for the throbber widget. While I was unable to produce this on our side, I did find that it will max out the RAM. Some sort of limiter could be useful.

NOTE: Engine becomes unresponsive and has to be close via task manager.

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Open attached project
  2. Open Throbber Test Widget
  3. Click on Throbber
  4. Add 999999999999999999999 to the Number of pieces field
  5. Notice the engine freezes
  6. Bring up Task manager
  7. Go to the performance tab
  8. Notice all the RAM is being taken up (May take a minute to hit 99%)

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Fixed
ComponentUE - Editor - UI Systems
Affects Versions4.6.1
Target Fix4.8
Fix Commit2420356
CreatedJan 22, 2015
ResolvedJan 27, 2015
UpdatedApr 27, 2018