KB3178107 - SQL Server crashes because of an access violation error that occurs while it reads data from an event file target

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 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 2012 Service Pack 3 SQL Server 2012 Developer SQL Server 2012 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Core SQL Server 2012 Standard

Symptoms

SQL Server may crash because of an access violation error that occurs while it reads data from an event file target that is created by SQL Server Extended Events. This issue occurs in SQL Server 2012 SP3, SQL Server 2014, and SQL Server 2016.

Resolution

This problem was first fixed in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2016 Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 (SP3)

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014 Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016 Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP3

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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