I think it's "inherited from LibO" I was able to reproduce both RTF and DOC crashes with multiple LibO release up to 3.3.3 (I don't have 3.3.0) and the bug is present in AOO 4.0.0 too.
edited summary. changed version and component fields. added expert devs to CC list -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1064560 Title: [Upstream] soffice.bin crashed with SIGABRT Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in Writer via a terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget -c https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1064560/+attachment/3390885/+files/11_03pu-reduced.odt -O example.odt && lowriter --nologo example.odt is when one saves it as doc 97/XP/2003 it does not crash. 4) What happens instead is it does. openjdk-7-jre is already installed on my system and, according to this dialog box, LibreOffice is using it. I tried to tell LibreOffice not to use a JRE, but it still crashes. WORKAROUND: Save as RTF first, which will fail. Then immediately save to .doc 97/XP/2003. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.6.2~rc2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.16-lowlatency 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 9 19:20:48 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin 11_03pu-reduced.odt --splash-pipe=6 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: libreoffice StacktraceTop: ?? () Title: soffice.bin crashed with SIGABRT UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse kvm libvirtd lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access scanner staff video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/1064560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp