KB4459981 - FIX: Access violation occurs and SSAS crashes when you process an SSAS database in SQL Server 2014, 2016 and 2017

Applies To

SQL Server 2014 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2017 Developer on Windows SQL Server 2017 Enterprise on Windows SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Core on Windows SQL Server 2017 Standard on Windows

Symptoms

Assume that you use Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. When you process an SSAS database, you may notice that access violation occurs and SSAS crashes frequently.

Resolution

This issue is fixed in the following updates for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2017

Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2

Cumulative Update 12 for SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1

Cumulative Update 1 for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3

Cumulative Update 14 for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and security fixes that were in the previous build. We recommend that you install the latest build for your version of SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

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