[Bug 291843] [NEW] firefox crashes like mad with double free or corruption

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Binary package hint: firefox

Every few pages firefox just hangs and writes a crash report to .xsession-errors like
*** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.3/firefox: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x09eec1b8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7d853f4]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7d88eed]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(realloc+0x106)[0xb7d89d86]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_realloc+0x3a)[0xb6ba9c4a]
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0(pango_glyph_string_set_size+0x99)[0xb6d165d9]
/usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so[0xb3a2de3e]
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0[0xb6d1cfea]
/usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0(pango_shape+0x5a)[0xb6d3032a]
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3/libxul.so(_ZN17gfxPangoFontGroup24CreateGlyphRunsItemizingEP10gfxTextRunPKcjj+0x1de)[0xb79bb722]
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3/libxul.so(_ZN17gfxPangoFontGroup11InitTextRunEP10gfxTextRunPKcjji+0x33)[0xb79bb975]
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3/libxul.so(_ZN17gfxPangoFontGroup11MakeTextRunEPKtjPKN17gfxTextRunFactory10ParametersEj+0x107)[0xb79bbab9]
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3/libxul.so[0xb79b765b]

I'll try to attach the full data, but firefux usually crashes before I can submit an attachment.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installiert: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Kandidat: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed

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firefox crashes like mad with double free or corruption
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291843
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