C++ Program Always Crashes While doing a std::string assign

Question

I have been trying to debug a crash in my application that crashes (i.e. asserts a * glibc detected * free(): invalid pointer: 0x000000000070f0c0 ***) while I\

Answer 1

Can you repeat the crash with a basic two line program?

#include 

int main()
{
    std::string abc;
    abc = "testString";
}

If that crashes, please post your exact compile / link options?

If not, start paring down your code. Remove things lines a handful at a time until the bug goes away. Once you have some other change you can add to cause the crash and remove to make it go away, that should help you locate the problem.