[cairo] cairo 1.12 crashes X server

[cu]

Another one of "those" issues. I tried to switch Linux version of my
program from cairo 1.10 to cairo 1.12.
The program is built as a dynamic executable, using shared libcairo. It
is also using libgtk (which in turn also needs cairo, hence the shared
version).
When using cairo 1.10 - program works, no issuse. With cairo 1.12 -
attempting to launch the program crashes X server, of all things.

Any ideas as to why this may be happening or even how to track this
issue down would be greatly appreciated!