i have reproduced the problem on my laptop : *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin: double free or corruption (out): 0x0863ead0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb6a7fd65] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb6a83800] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x31)[0xb6365961] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb5787d29] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11SalGraphics22GetNativeControlRegionEmmRK6RegionmRK16ImplControlValueR16SalControlHandleRKN3rtl8OUStringERS0_SC_PK12OutputDevice+0x17b)[0xb7d4ba8b] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN6Window22GetNativeControlRegionEmmRK6RegionmRK16ImplControlValueN3rtl8OUStringERS0_S8_+0x103)[0xb7e0c633] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN7ListBox6ResizeEv+0x18c)[0xb7e55d9c] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7df2d14] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN6Window4ShowEht+0xca)[0xb7df54ea] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN7ListBoxC1EP6WindowRK5ResId+0xd6)[0xb7e54576] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsvt680li.so(_ZN11PrintDialogC1EP6Window+0x1ca)[0xb783742a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsw680li.so[0xaf43f8bb] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsw680li.so[0xaf43fa6e] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb30607da] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb3047878] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so(_ZN8SfxShell11ExecuteSlotER10SfxRequestPK12SfxInterface+0x65)[0xb30a57e5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsw680li.so(_ZN6SwView12ExecutePrintER10SfxRequest+0x451)[0xaf440781] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsw680li.so[0xaf40db44] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb3092b4a] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb30932e8] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb3093358] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb30c2ce5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsfx680li.so[0xb30c2c89] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7e06e66] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN10SalDisplay21DispatchInternalEventEv+0xbc)[0xb536f16c] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb5767041] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb5767081] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb635c551] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x17c)[0xb635e11c] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb636155f] /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x65)[0xb6361ac5] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gtk680li.so[0xb5769171] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvclplug_gen680li.so(_ZN14X11SalInstance5YieldEbb+0x37)[0xb5376927] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application5YieldEb+0x59)[0xb7c06559] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_ZN11Application7ExecuteEv+0x3c)[0xb7c0667c] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN7desktop7Desktop4MainEv+0x145d)[0x806f07d] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so[0xb7c0c34c] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libvcl680li.so(_Z6SVMainv+0x35)[0xb7c0c455] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(main+0xcf)[0x806150f] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb6a2c050] /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin(_ZN6Window15SetPosSizePixelEllllt+0x365)[0x80613d1] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-0809d000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 485716 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin 0809d000-0809e000 rw-p 00054000 03:02 485716 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice.bin 0809e000-08b77000 rw-p 0809e000 00:00 0 [heap] ad500000-ad521000 rw-p ad500000 00:00 0 ad521000-ad600000 ---p ad521000 00:00 0 ad6de000-ad803000 r--p 00000000 03:02 730182 /usr/lib/openoffice/help/fr/swriter.ht ad803000-ad937000 r--p 00000000 03:02 730183 /usr/lib/openoffice/help/fr/swriter.db ad937000-ad951000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 487923 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/svtmisc.uno.so ad951000-ad953000 rw-p 00019000 03:02 487923 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/svtmisc.uno.so ad953000-ad986000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 359146 /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1.1.21 ad986000-ad987000 rw-p 00032000 03:02 359146 /usr/lib/libxslt.so.1.1.21 ad994000-ad9f3000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 487933 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libucpchelp1.so ad9f3000-ad9f5000 rw-p 0005f000 03:02 487933 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libucpchelp1.so ad9f5000-ad9fd000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 487899 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libmcnttype.so ad9fd000-ad9fe000 rw-p 00008000 03:02 487899 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libmcnttype.so ad9fe000-ada0a000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 487869 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libevtatt.so ada0a000-ada0b000 rw-p 0000c000 03:02 487869 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libevtatt.so ada0b000-ada29000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 487853 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/reflection.uno.so ada29000-ada2b000 rw-p 0001e000 03:02 487853 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/reflection.uno.so ada2b000-ada4a000 r-xp 00000000 03:02 487884 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/introspection.uno.so ada4a000-ada4b000 rw-p 0001f000 03:02 487884 /usr/lib/openoffice/program/introspection.uno.so