Windows 10: Powershell crashes with an access violation (c0000005) in bcryptPrimitives.dll.

I cannot launch powershell at present. If I open an Administrator Command Prompt and type `powershell`, nothing happens.


Consulting event viewer reveals that there has been an Application Error, the faulting application is indeed, powershell.exe and the faulting module is named as bcryptPrimitives.dll. Associated exception code is c0000005 which I believe is an access violation.


A dump of the relevant WER file:


Version=1

EventType=APPCRASH

EventTime=132131956297028213

ReportType=2

Consent=1

UploadTime=132131956298271520

ReportStatus=268566528

ReportIdentifier=220bfc5a-77e4-4a43-a018-d3d44d355a3d

IntegratorReportIdentifier=49da8046-99c0-42bf-be4a-feec0b06bde5

Wow64Host=34404

NsAppName=powershell.exe

OriginalFilename=PowerShell.EXE

AppSessionGuid=00001d9c-0002-002a-a7de-756e506dd501

TargetAppId=W:0000f519feec486de87ed73cb92d3cac802400000000!00006cbce4a295c163791b60fc23d285e6d84f28ee4c!powershell.exe

TargetAppVer=2074//02//28:17:48:58!70a4d!powershell.exe

BootId=4294967295

TargetAsId=16248

IsFatal=1

EtwNonCollectReason=1

Response.BucketId=20b7cc3d364505321f1f828ce9dc78f6

Response.BucketTable=4

Response.LegacyBucketId=2242654681184368886

Response.type=4

Sig[0].Name=Application Name

Sig[0].Value=powershell.exe

Sig[1].Name=Application Version

Sig[1].Value=10.0.17763.1

Sig[2].Name=Application Timestamp

Sig[2].Value=c3eca48a

Sig[3].Name=Fault Module Name

Sig[3].Value=bcryptPrimitives.dll

Sig[4].Name=Fault Module Version

Sig[4].Value=10.0.17763.678

Sig[5].Name=Fault Module Timestamp

Sig[5].Value=94fbdec9

Sig[6].Name=Exception Code

Sig[6].Value=c0000005

Sig[7].Name=Exception Offset

Sig[7].Value=0000000000007f5e

DynamicSig[1].Name=OS Version

DynamicSig[1].Value=10.0.17763.2.0.0.256.48

DynamicSig[2].Name=Locale ID

DynamicSig[2].Value=2057

DynamicSig[22].Name=Additional Information 1

DynamicSig[22].Value=b480

DynamicSig[23].Name=Additional Information 2

DynamicSig[23].Value=b4808dafa2b9f66fc395a7875859ccc9

DynamicSig[24].Name=Additional Information 3

DynamicSig[24].Value=5daa

DynamicSig[25].Name=Additional Information 4

DynamicSig[25].Value=5daa357a357174f311e8a8ec6f0790d5

UI[2]=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

LoadedModule[0]=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

LoadedModule[1]=C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

LoadedModule[2]=C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswhook.dll

LoadedModule[3]=C:\Windows\System32\KERNEL32.DLL

LoadedModule[4]=C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll

LoadedModule[5]=C:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll

LoadedModule[6]=C:\Windows\System32\OLEAUT32.dll

LoadedModule[7]=C:\Windows\System32\msvcp_win.dll

LoadedModule[8]=C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbase.dll

LoadedModule[9]=C:\Windows\System32\combase.dll

LoadedModule[10]=C:\Windows\System32\RPCRT4.dll

LoadedModule[11]=C:\Windows\System32\bcryptPrimitives.dll

LoadedModule[12]=C:\Windows\System32\ADVAPI32.dll

LoadedModule[13]=C:\Windows\System32\sechost.dll

LoadedModule[14]=C:\Windows\System32\OLE32.dll

LoadedModule[15]=C:\Windows\System32\GDI32.dll

LoadedModule[16]=C:\Windows\System32\gdi32full.dll

LoadedModule[17]=C:\Windows\System32\USER32.dll

LoadedModule[18]=C:\Windows\System32\win32u.dll

LoadedModule[19]=C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ATL.DLL

LoadedModule[20]=C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\mscoree.dll

LoadedModule[21]=C:\Windows\System32\IMM32.DLL

State[0].Key=Transport.DoneStage1

State[0].Value=1

OsInfo[0].Key=vermaj

OsInfo[0].Value=10

OsInfo[1].Key=vermin

OsInfo[1].Value=0

OsInfo[2].Key=verbld

OsInfo[2].Value=17763

OsInfo[3].Key=ubr

OsInfo[3].Value=737

OsInfo[4].Key=versp

OsInfo[4].Value=0

OsInfo[5].Key=arch

OsInfo[5].Value=9

OsInfo[6].Key=lcid

OsInfo[6].Value=1033

OsInfo[7].Key=geoid

OsInfo[7].Value=242

OsInfo[8].Key=sku

OsInfo[8].Value=48

OsInfo[9].Key=domain

OsInfo[9].Value=0

OsInfo[10].Key=prodsuite

OsInfo[10].Value=256

OsInfo[11].Key=ntprodtype

OsInfo[11].Value=1

OsInfo[12].Key=platid

OsInfo[12].Value=10

OsInfo[13].Key=sr

OsInfo[13].Value=0

OsInfo[14].Key=tmsi

OsInfo[14].Value=369588

OsInfo[15].Key=osinsty

OsInfo[15].Value=1

OsInfo[16].Key=iever

OsInfo[16].Value=11.737.17763.0-11.0.145

OsInfo[17].Key=portos

OsInfo[17].Value=0

OsInfo[18].Key=ram

OsInfo[18].Value=16071

OsInfo[19].Key=svolsz

OsInfo[19].Value=476

OsInfo[20].Key=wimbt

OsInfo[20].Value=0

OsInfo[21].Key=blddt

OsInfo[21].Value=180914

OsInfo[22].Key=bldtm

OsInfo[22].Value=1434

OsInfo[23].Key=bldbrch

OsInfo[23].Value=rs5_release

OsInfo[24].Key=bldchk

OsInfo[24].Value=0

OsInfo[25].Key=wpvermaj

OsInfo[25].Value=0

OsInfo[26].Key=wpvermin

OsInfo[26].Value=0

OsInfo[27].Key=wpbuildmaj

OsInfo[27].Value=0

OsInfo[28].Key=wpbuildmin

OsInfo[28].Value=0

OsInfo[29].Key=osver

OsInfo[29].Value=10.0.17763.737.amd64fre.rs5_release.180914-1434

OsInfo[30].Key=buildflightid

OsInfo[31].Key=edition

OsInfo[31].Value=Professional

OsInfo[32].Key=ring

OsInfo[32].Value=Retail

OsInfo[33].Key=expid

OsInfo[34].Key=containerid

OsInfo[35].Key=containertype

OsInfo[36].Key=edu

OsInfo[36].Value=0

FriendlyEventName=Stopped working

ConsentKey=APPCRASH

AppName=Windows PowerShell

AppPath=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

NsPartner=windows

NsGroup=windows8

ApplicationIdentity=0B4A4B25DE5264E6EF66F49054350153

MetadataHash=-1925654376

:)

 

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