From 067ef5843c182c1fa08112dc0daff1276fc1ce29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 09:30:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that typeof of href attribute is `string`

Related issue:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/777
---
 src/js/contentscript.js | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/js/contentscript.js b/src/js/contentscript.js
index a78624b61..01ed23f47 100644
--- a/src/js/contentscript.js
+++ b/src/js/contentscript.js
@@ -1429,11 +1429,10 @@ vAPI.bootstrap = (function() {
             // https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/1143
             //   Find a link under the mouse, to try to avoid confusing new tabs
             //   as nuisance popups.
-            let elem = ev.target;
-            while ( elem !== null && elem.localName !== 'a' ) {
-                elem = elem.parentElement;
-            }
-            if ( elem === null ) { return; }
+            // https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/777
+            //   Mind that href may not be a string.
+            const elem = ev.target.closest('a[href]');
+            if ( elem === null || typeof elem.href !== 'string' ) { return; }
             vAPI.messaging.send('contentscript', {
                 what: 'maybeGoodPopup',
                 url: elem.href || '',