Abiword crashes the PC invariably with a specific file

[udippel]

Binary package hint: abiword

I'm not sure if this is a duplicate. Maybe not. There is a specific file that crashes my machine to a hard reset, by eating up all memory. I tried more than one boxes, and all die, not gracefully. Abiword starts pagination, grays out, starts eating memory, until death sets in.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 14 00:58:09 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: abiword 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_SG.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: abiword
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Steve McGrath (smcgrath23)]

I can confirm that the attached file does indeed cause Abiword to start chewing as much RAM as it can get, and to max out the CPU.

[Steve McGrath (smcgrath23)]

I'm linking upstream bug #10210, which seems to describe this situation.

[msevior (msevior-gmail)]

HI Steve,

I just tested this.

AbiWorrd-2.8 loads this file. You should release AbiWord-2.8 to fix this bug.

Cheers

Martin

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Steve McGrath <email address hidden> wrote:
> I can confirm that the attached file does indeed cause Abiword to start
> chewing as much RAM as it can get, and to max out the CPU.
>
> ** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Bug watch added: AbiSource bug tracker #10210
>   http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10210
>
> ** Also affects: abiword via
>   http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10210
>   Importance: Unknown
>       Status: Unknown
>
> --
> Abiword crashes the PC invariably with a specific file
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482242
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of AbiWord
> Stable Builds, which is subscribed to AbiWord.
>
> Status in AbiWord: Unknown
> Status in “abiword” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: abiword
>
> I'm not sure if this is a duplicate. Maybe not. There is a specific file that crashes my machine to a hard reset, by eating up all memory. I tried more than one boxes, and all die, not gracefully. Abiword starts pagination, grays out, starts eating memory, until death sets in.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Nov 14 00:58:09 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: abiword 2.6.8-5ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_SG.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
> SourcePackage: abiword
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
>

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Seems to be fixed in abiword 2.8 (in lucid).