firefox assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2/firefox: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0xad8d84e0 ***

[Kevin Soviero]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

I was watching a flash video (hulu) via firefox. When I pressed the "full screen" button, I expected it to play the video at the full size of the screen. Instead it killed firefox... Not quite what I was expecting.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2/firefox: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0xad8d84e0 ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Sep 2 19:04:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2/firefox
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2/firefox
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.29-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Title: firefox assert failure: *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.2/firefox: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0xad8d84e0 ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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