Bug 168124 - LibreOffice crashes when attempting to open .docx files
Summary: LibreOffice crashes when attempting to open .docx files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167956
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.0.4 release
Hardware: ARM macOS (All)
: medium normal
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Blocks: Crash
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Reported: 2025-08-26 17:04 UTC by Nick
Modified: 2025-08-26 18:05 UTC (History)
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Description Nick 2025-08-26 17:04:28 UTC 
Description:
LibreOffice crashes when attempting to open .docx files.  It relaunches and opens a Document Recovery window.  You cannot recover the document - will crash again upon trying to reopen.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attempt to open a .docx file (either by opening the file in LibreOffice or double clicking the file.)
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3.

Actual Results:
LibreOffice crashes

Expected Results:
File should open


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.0.4 (AARCH64)
Build ID: 48f00303701489684e67c38c28aff00cd5929e67
CPU threads: 16; OS: macOS 15.6.1; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Nick 2025-08-26 17:06:29 UTC 
I downgraded to 25.2.5 and do not have this issue.
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2025-08-26 18:05:05 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 167956 ***