Why does MATLAB crash with Stack Trace referencing "jaw_util_​get_atk_ro​le_from_Ac​cessibleCo​ntext"

My MATLAB session crashed. When I look at the crash report log, the Stack Trace has the following frames:

[  0] 0x00007e93ea7359e3 [unknown function] at /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so+7559651 (file not found)
[  1] 0x00007e93a32757a9 jaw_util_get_atk_role_from_AccessibleContext+00002292 at /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/ext/libatk-wrapper.so+42916 (file not found)

Why does MATLAB crash, and how can I avoid this? 

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The fact that "jaw_util_get_atk_role_from_AccessibleContext" is referenced near the top of the Stack Trace indicates that you are using an unsupported version of the Java JRE. To resolve this issue install a supported version of Java and use the "jenv", or "matlab_jenv", to configure MATLAB to use the supported Java version.