FS#36912 - [thunderbird] Consumes CPU and RAM, crashes system (possible forkbomb)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jacob Henner (JacobHenner) - Friday, 13 September 2013, 02:36 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 02:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: The most recent version of Thunderbird, 17.0.8-1, consumes an inappropriate amount of resourses, leading to system instability and the need for a hard reset. This error occurs while running regularly, with and without plugins, and in safe mode. This error also occured after I removed ~/.thunderbird, and before any accounts were added to the fresh config (on the new account menu).


Additional info:
* package version(s) - 17.0.8-1
* Machine specs - 2.6 Ghz Dual Core, 4 GB DDR3 RAM.

Steps to reproduce: Open Thunderbird, wait until system becomes unstable/unusable, due to 100% CPU use, and maximum RAM use (machine becomes unstable once Thunderbird starts to swap).
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 02:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Additional comments about closing:  No response in more than one year.
Comment by Wayne Mery (wsmwk) - Monday, 16 September 2013, 18:46 GMT
didn't happen with 17.0.7?
Comment by Claire Farron (clfarron4) - Monday, 23 September 2013, 22:55 GMT
Are you sure you are using the latest version of Thunderbird? On my system, sudo pacman -Q thunderbird gives thunderbird 24.0-1
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 29 December 2013, 08:06 GMT
Ping JacobHenner, status? Thunderbird was updated over three months ago, does this still happen?

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