On FF 1.5.0.5 the bug seems to be fixed. Instead of crashing, FF just does not display the SVG and shows the plain XML-source.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Needs Info -- Firefox crashes on large SVG https://launchpad.net/bugs/49937 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs