Merge pull request #566 from rdkcentral/fix/image-worker-url

Author: michielvandergeest

src/platforms/browser/WebPlatform.mjs

@@ -290,9 +290,16 @@ export default class WebPlatform {
             }
         } else if (this._imageWorker) {
             // WPE-specific image parser.
-            if (typeof src !== 'string' || src.indexOf('://') < 0) {
+            if (typeof src !== 'string') {
                 return cb("Invalid image URL");
             }
+            
+            // URL can start with http://, https://, and //
+            const separatorPos = src.indexOf('//');
+            if (separatorPos !== 0 && separatorPos !== 5 && separatorPos !== 6) {
+                return cb("Invalid image URL");
+            }
+
             const image = this._imageWorker.create(src);
             image.onError = function (err) {
                 return cb("Image load error");