https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81068
--- Comment #8 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- If the relevant libstdc++ source file is instrumented there are no errors: tmp$ g++ -fsanitize=address,undefined conv.cc tmp$ ./a.out /home/jwakely/gcc/8/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/locale_conv.h:68:48: runtime error: member call on address 0x603000000010 which does not point to an object of type '__codecvt_abstract_base' 0x603000000010: note: object is of type 'std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t, 1114111ul, (std::codecvt_mode)0>' 01 00 00 33 e0 f9 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 be be be be ff ff 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vptr for 'std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t, 1114111ul, (std::codecvt_mode)0>' /home/jwakely/gcc/8/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/codecvt.h:220:36: runtime error: member call on address 0x603000000010 which does not point to an object of type '__codecvt_abstract_base' 0x603000000010: note: object is of type 'std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t, 1114111ul, (std::codecvt_mode)0>' 01 00 00 33 e0 f9 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 be be be be ff ff 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vptr for 'std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t, 1114111ul, (std::codecvt_mode)0>' /home/jwakely/gcc/8/include/c++/8.0.0/bits/codecvt.h:202:32: runtime error: member call on address 0x603000000010 which does not point to an object of type '__codecvt_abstract_base' 0x603000000010: note: object is of type 'std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t, 1114111ul, (std::codecvt_mode)0>' 01 00 00 33 e0 f9 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 be be be be ff ff 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vptr for 'std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t, 1114111ul, (std::codecvt_mode)0>' ================================================================= ==17730==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks Direct leak of 384 byte(s) in 6 object(s) allocated from: #0 0x7f102afbdc40 in realloc (/lib64/libasan.so.4+0xdec40) #1 0x7f102abe8aaa (/lib64/libstdc++.so.6+0x92aaa) SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 384 byte(s) leaked in 6 allocation(s). tmp$ g++ -fsanitize=address,undefined conv.cc ~/src/gcc/gcc/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/codecvt.cc tmp$ ./a.out tmp$