The problem is at pasting Greek (maybe) in Private Use Area in the unicode page:
2. Copy entire page content from the Unicode 3.2 test page (http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~richard/unicode-sample-3-2.html) Just copy and paste the line below Private Use Area to gedit for recreation. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1326346 Title: Gedit crashes when unicode test page is pasted into new document Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: gedit crashes on pasting of certain unicode characters. Reproduce: 1. Open gedit 2. Copy entire page content from the Unicode 3.2 test page (http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~richard/unicode-sample-3-2.html) 3. Paste into gedit Expected behaviour: I see the text content in the gedit window. Actual behaviour: gedit crashes Message on the terminal is: $ gedit *** Error in `gedit': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x00000000023b0ee0 *** Aborted Using gdb, I see the following: (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/gedit [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7fffee2e9700 (LWP 21753)] [New Thread 0x7fffed8db700 (LWP 21754)] [New Thread 0x7fffe5de1700 (LWP 21755)] [New Thread 0x7fffe55e0700 (LWP 21756)] [New Thread 0x7fffe4ddf700 (LWP 21757)] [New Thread 0x7fffdbfff700 (LWP 21758)] [New Thread 0x7fffdb7fe700 (LWP 21759)] [New Thread 0x7fffd43bc700 (LWP 21760)] [New Thread 0x7fffd1d26700 (LWP 21762)] [Thread 0x7fffe5de1700 (LWP 21755) exited] *** Error in `/usr/bin/gedit': malloc(): memory corruption: 0x0000000001208610 *** Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00007ffff4a53f79 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:56 56 ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) Ubuntu version: Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 Gedit version: gedit: Installed: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gedit 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Jun 4 11:48:57 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-14 (50 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140413) SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1326346/+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
