And that's what i got when running it: $ MallocBadFreeAbort=1 MallocScribble=1 MallocPreScribble=1 MallocCheckHeapEach=10 MallocGuardEdges=1 MallocCheckHeapStart=1 MallocCheckHeapAbort=1 MallocStackLogging=1 /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.1/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -Q Emacs(75856) malloc: protecting edges Emacs(75856) malloc: recording malloc stacks to disk using standard recorder Emacs(75856) malloc: enabling scribbling to detect mods to free blocks Emacs(75856) malloc: checks heap after 1th operation and each 10 operations Emacs(75856) malloc: will abort on heap corruption Emacs(75856) malloc: process 75807 no longer exists, stack logs deleted from /tmp/stack-logs.75807.Emacs.GrUxud.index Emacs(75856) malloc: stack logs being written into /tmp/stack-logs.75856.Emacs.8JZYR8.index Emacs(75856,0x7fff7045acc0) malloc: at szone_check counter=10000 Emacs(75856,0x7fff7045acc0) malloc: at szone_check counter=20000 Emacs(75856,0x7fff7045acc0) malloc: at szone_check counter=30000 Emacs(75856,0x7fff7045acc0) malloc: at szone_check counter=40000 Emacs(75856,0x7fff7045acc0) malloc: at szone_check counter=50000 Fatal error (11)Abort trap Stack logs file (/tmp/stack-logs.75856.Emacs.8JZYR8.index in history): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/84403/emacs-stack-logs-2.index