#842961 icedove crashes (with no identifiable trigger)

Package:
icedove
Source:
thunderbird
Submitter:
Stephen Kitt
Date:
2023-04-25 08:54:20 UTC
Severity:
important
#842961#5
Date:
2016-11-02 16:41:57 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Since the upgrade to 1:45.4.0-1, my Icedove users have been getting
lots of crashes with no identifiable trigger. I'm attaching a few
recent backtraces.

Regards,

Stephen
#842961#10
Date:
2016-11-03 22:05:58 UTC
From:
To:
I'm getting a segmentation fault error in icedove when sending a mail
via smtp.riseup.net. Sending via gmail does not trigger the crash.

Here is a log which was collected as this page [1] suggests:
Thread 1 "icedove-bin" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007fffc6e1d060 in ?? ()

This crash is reproducable for me, the crash happens every time I try to
send a mail. I suppose this could be linked with the risup service not
accesible at this time?

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/de/Icedove
#842961#15
Date:
2016-11-03 22:18:32 UTC
From:
To:
the attachement contains the backtrace collected via  (gdb) thread apply
all bt
#842961#20
Date:
2016-11-04 07:47:49 UTC
From:
To:
Hello Stefan,

please add the *full* log created as described in
https://wiki.debian.org/Icedove#Starting_Debugging

We don't know which version you using nor were the segfault is happen.
We "only" have now the backtrace. And it seams you don't have used
icedove-dbg but a full log can say more.

Regrads
Carsten
#842961#25
Date:
2016-11-05 21:01:48 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Carsten,

I'm sorry to say that the crash isn't reproducable anymore since the
mail provider is working again (i.e. riseup's smtp server sending
mails). This hints for icedove having problems with error handling.

If the problem reoccurs, I will try to collect the full log and will
use the iedove-dbg package.

Btw. I'm using the current icedove version in testing. i.e.:
apt-cache policy icedove
icedove:
  Installiert:           1:45.4.0-1
  Installationskandidat: 1:45.4.0-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1:45.4.0-1 900
        900 http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Regards,
Stefan
#842961#30
Date:
2017-07-28 00:29:35 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

I have been experiencing frequent crashes with thunderbird, and before that icedove. I've followed the debug instructions here:
https://wiki.debian.org/Icedove#Debugging

crashes happen at random times, but do seem to have some correlation to when I click on a new email or hit the compose button, or do some action in thunderbird.

threaded backtrace attached.