ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
>java -version
java version "1.8.0_371"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_371-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.371-b11, mixed mode)

OS: windows 10

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
JDK8 only crashes when using G1. And JDK11/JDK17 does not crash.

On windows & linux, JVM crashed with

# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)

when invoked with following options:
java -XX:G1RSetSparseRegionEntries=40000 -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -XX:+UseG1GC Case

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. copy the program Case.java

public class Case {
    public static void main(String[] var0) {
        int len = 1000;
        for (int i = 0; i <= len; ++i) {
            int[][][] array = new int[256][128][64];
        }
    }
}
2. run with following options:
> jdk8u371\bin\java -XX:G1RSetSparseRegionEntries=40000 -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -XX:+UseG1GC Case
<crash>

> jdk8u371\bin\java -XX:G1RSetSparseRegionEntries=40000 -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -XX:+UseParallelGC Case
<no output>

> jdk-11.0.19\bin\java -XX:G1RSetSparseRegionEntries=40000 -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -XX:+UseG1GC Case
<no output>

> jdk-17.0.7\bin\java -XX:G1RSetSparseRegionEntries=40000 -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -XX:+UseG1GC Case
<no output>


ACTUAL -
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00000000742517c1, pid=11488, tid=0x0000000000008b90
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_371) (build 1.8.0_371-b11)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.371-b11 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# [thread 34448 also had an error]
[thread 31560 also had an error]
[thread 27660 also had an error]
[thread 43840 also had an error]
[thread 41024 also had an error]
[thread 47520 also had an error]
[thread 29288 also had an error]
[thread 42528 also had an error]
[thread 47600 also had an error]
[thread 45524 also had an error]
V[thread 41440 also had an error]
[thread 27460 also had an error]
  [jvm.dll+0x3e17c1]
#
# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# D:\projects\Cases\target\classes\hs_err_pid11488.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#


---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Case {
    public static void main(String[] var0) {
        int len = 1000;
        for (int i = 0; i <= len; ++i) {
            int[][][] array = new int[256][128][64];
        }
    }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

FREQUENCY : always