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VSCode crashes when trying to paste text #2987

Description

@wzhik

Type: Bug

If you insert text from a Word or Excel office document.
How to reproduce the problem:

  1. Launch the editor with extensions disabled.
  2. Open a new tab for editing.
  3. Paste the text data copied from Excel.
  4. The editor crashes — the window closes.

VSCodium version: VSCodium 1.126.04524 (4c0b0c6cc561d2d3636d1ec250935431876ce4dc, 2026-06-23T01:46:13Z)
OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-138-generic
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 6.8.0-134-generic

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8500T CPU @ 2.10GHz (6 x 2499)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: disabled_software
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webgpu_on_vk_via_gl_interop: disabled_off
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) 5, 3, 3
Memory (System) 15.42GB (8.90GB free)
Process Argv --disable-extensions
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
DESKTOP_SESSION mate
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP MATE
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP mate
XDG_SESSION_TYPE x11
Item Value
Remote SSH: 77.222.55.160
OS Linux x64 6.8.0-134-generic
CPUs Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) (2 x 0)
Memory (System) 7.78GB (6.10GB free)
VM 100%
Extensions disabled

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