Thanks for your bug report. Could you please get a valgrind log for it?
( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind )
** Changed in: gaim (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
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[apport] gaim crashed with SIGSEGV in malloc_consolidate()
https://launchpad.net/bugs/89828