I have the same problem in jessie: wxMaxima 13.04.2
I do not know if my backtrace is useful at all, but it is different from the original: ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x731ff)[0x2aaaab8521ff] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x2aaaab8d54c7] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0xf46e0)[0x2aaaab8d36e0] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0xf6437)[0x2aaaab8d5437] /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima[0x397313] /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima[0x3b9e5d] /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima[0x3ba0e8] /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima[0x3c494c] /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima[0x218c8ba] ======= Memory map: ======== 00200000-00759000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3753 /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima 00958000-00959000 r--p 00558000 08:01 3753 /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima 00959000-00eb9000 rw-p 00559000 08:01 3753 /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima 00eb9000-029d1000 rwxp 00ab9000 08:01 3753 /usr/lib/maxima/5.35.1/binary-gcl/maxima 029d1000-687b9000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] 687b9000-68951000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] 2aaaaaaab000-2aaaaaacb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1176120 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so 2aaaaaacb000-2aaaaaacd000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] 2aaaaaacd000-2aaaaaacf000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0 [vvar] 2aaaaaacf000-2aaaaaad1000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaaaad1000-2aaaaaad2000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaaaaf9000-2aaaaaafe000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaaaccb000-2aaaaaccc000 r--p 00020000 08:01 1176120 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so 2aaaaaccc000-2aaaaaccd000 rw-p 00021000 08:01 1176120 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so 2aaaaaccd000-2aaaaacce000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaaacce000-2aaaaae0a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 525929 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 2aaaaae0a000-2aaaab009000 ---p 0013c000 08:01 525929 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 2aaaab009000-2aaaab00b000 r--p 0013b000 08:01 525929 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 2aaaab00b000-2aaaab010000 rw-p 0013d000 08:01 525929 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0 2aaaab010000-2aaaab011000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaab011000-2aaaab111000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1187615 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm-2.19.so 2aaaab111000-2aaaab310000 ---p 00100000 08:01 1187615 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm-2.19.so 2aaaab310000-2aaaab311000 r--p 000ff000 08:01 1187615 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm-2.19.so 2aaaab311000-2aaaab312000 rw-p 00100000 08:01 1187615 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm-2.19.so 2aaaab312000-2aaaab393000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 523315 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.2.0 2aaaab393000-2aaaab593000 ---p 00081000 08:01 523315 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.2.0 2aaaab593000-2aaaab594000 r--p 00081000 08:01 523315 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.2.0 2aaaab594000-2aaaab595000 rw-p 00082000 08:01 523315 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.2.0 2aaaab595000-2aaaab5d5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1175118 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6.3 2aaaab5d5000-2aaaab7d5000 ---p 00040000 08:01 1175118 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6.3 2aaaab7d5000-2aaaab7d7000 r--p 00040000 08:01 1175118 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6.3 2aaaab7d7000-2aaaab7de000 rw-p 00042000 08:01 1175118 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libreadline.so.6.3 2aaaab7de000-2aaaab7df000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaab7df000-2aaaab97e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1187618 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so 2aaaab97e000-2aaaabb7e000 ---p 0019f000 08:01 1187618 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so 2aaaabb7e000-2aaaabb82000 r--p 0019f000 08:01 1187618 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so 2aaaabb82000-2aaaabb84000 rw-p 001a3000 08:01 1187618 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so 2aaaabb84000-2aaaabb88000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 2aaaabb88000-2aaaabba9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 525209 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 2aaaabba9000-2aaaabda8000 ---p 00021000 08:01 525209 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 2aaaabda8000-2aaaabda9000 r--p 00020000 08:01 525209 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 2aaaabda9000-2aaaabdaa000 rw-p 00021000 08:01 525209 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0 2aaaabdaa000-2aaaabdad000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1176456 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.19.so 2aaaabdad000-2aaaabfac000 ---p 00003000 08:01 1176456 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.19.so 2aaaabfac000-2aaaabfad000 r--p 00002000 08:01 1176456 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.19.so 2aaaabfad000-2aaaabfae000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 1176456 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl-2.19.so 2aaaabfae000-2aaaabfd4000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1176713 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 2aaaabfd4000-2aaaac1d3000 ---p 00026000 08:01 1176713 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 2aaaac1d3000-2aaaac1d7000 r--p 00025000 08:01 1176713 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 2aaaac1d7000-2aaaac1d8000 rw-p 00029000 08:01 1176713 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 2aaaac1d8000-2aaaac1db000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 530524 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 2aaaac1db000-2aaaac3da000 ---p 00003000 08:01 530524 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 2aaaac3da000-2aaaac3db000 r--p 00002000 08:01 530524 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 2aaaac3db000-2aaaac3dc000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 530524 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 2aaaac3dc000-2aaaac3e1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 524674 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 2aaaac3e1000-2aaaac5e0000 ---p 00005000 08:01 524674 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 2aaaac5e0000-2aaaac5e1000 r--p 00004000 08:01 524674 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 2aaaac5e1000-2aaaac5e2000 rw-p 00005000 08:01 524674 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 2aaaac5e2000-2aaaac5ed000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1179412 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.19.so 2aaaac5ed000-2aaaac7ec000 ---p 0000b000 08:01 1179412 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.19.so 2aaaac7ec000-2aaaac7ed000 r-xp 0000a000 08:01 1179412 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.19.so 2aaaac7ed000-2aaaac7ee000 rwxp 0000b000 08:01 1179412 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.19.so 2aaaac7ee000-2aaaac804000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1175068 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 2aaaac804000-2aaaaca03000 ---p 00016000 08:01 1175068 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 2aaaaca03000-2aaaaca04000 rwxp 00015000 08:01 1175068 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 7ffffffde000-7ffffffff000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [stack] ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vsyscall]