IE8 native JSON.parse bug causes stack overflow

Question

TL;DR: Adding any non-built-in functions to Array.prototype AND Function.prototype will cause the IE8 native JSON parser to get a stack overflow when parsing any JSO

Answer 1

This was just patched. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976662

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc836466(VS.85).aspx