Updating tables to remove special characters

We have an issue with the "Receiving Transactions Register" erroring for a specific date; the log file shows:

emsg:was terminated by signal 6

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*** glibc detected *** ora_rw20_run: free(): invalid pointer: 0xd809ef27 ***

I found a solution: Note "Generic Receiving Datafix Scripts and Root Cause Patches (Doc ID 601639.1)" directed me to:

30. Remove item description's special characters in shipment line

Note 1345570.1 - RCVTXRTR Receiving Transactions Register Report Errors: Rep-0004 Signal 6

In Note 1345570.1, the fix is to run this update script:

UPDATE RCV_SHIPMENT_LINES

SET ITEM_DESCRIPTION = LTRIM(RTRIM( REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(ITEM_DESCRIPTION , CHR(9),' ') , CHR(10), ' ') , CHR(13), ' ')))