I confirm the issue also on Mac 4.1.4.

What is your setup?
Empty file? Have you content?

(In reply to Peter from comment #2)
> What is your setup?
> Empty file? Have you content?

It is not a problem of database content or set up, but it happens if in Tools > Customize > Events > Open document there is an autoexec macro that opens a form automatically.
It happens also with this macro (that isn't mine, I found it in AOO Italian Forum):

REM  *****  BASIC  *****

Sub AutoExec 
On Error Goto HandleError 
Dim LastFrame As Object 
Dim NumFrames As Integer 
Static FormDocs As Object 
Dim DBDoc As Object 
Dim ImpName As String 
Dim DataSource As Object 
Dim Conn As Object 
Dim Args(1) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue 
Dim FormName As String 
Dim FormDoc As Object 

FormName="Riepilogo" REM CHANGE TO YOUR FORM NAME 

ImpName="com.sun.star.comp.dba.ODatabaseDocument" 
NumFrames=StarDesktop.Frames.Count 
LastFrame=StarDesktop.Frames.getByIndex(NumFrames-1) 
If LastFrame.Frames.Count>1 Then 
Exit Sub 
End If 
If Not (LastFrame.Controller.Model.ImplementationName=ImpName) Then 
Exit Sub REM not a db doc 
End If 
DataSource=LastFrame.Controller.DataSource 
DBDoc=DataSource.DatabaseDocument 
FormDocs=DBDoc.FormDocuments 
Conn=DataSource.getConnection("","") REM no user/password 
Args(0).Name="ActiveConnection" : Args(0).Value=Conn 
if FormDocs.hasByName(FormName) Then 
FormDoc=FormDocs.loadComponentFromURL(FormName,"_self",2,Args() ) 
FormDoc.CurrentController.Frame.ContainerWindow.setFocus() 
End If 
HandleError: 
If Err<>0 Then 
Exit Sub 
End If 
End Sub

Created attachment 86314 [details]
Another file with autoexec macro

I don't get you. Is the form the macro is looking for available or not?

I do not think it is a problem of autostart but of condition that the document does not provide the information it is looking for.
However it should not crash.

Please let's focus on your script first. Then we can check if the other scripts are the same issue or another one.

(In reply to Peter from comment #5)
> I don't get you. Is the form the macro is looking for available or not?
> 
> I do not think it is a problem of autostart but of condition that the
> document does not provide the information it is looking for.
> However it should not crash.
> 
> Please let's focus on your script first. Then we can check if the other
> scripts are the same issue or another one.

It is not a script problem (see my second attach, different from the first).
The searched form is always available. 
I repeat that only with AOO 4.1.5 and 4.1.4 on Mac (Sierra 10.12.6 is my o.s.)an autoexec macro registered in Tools > Customize > Events > Open document causes Open Office to crash on startup.
The same files with the same macros works well with Mac AOO 4.1.3 (yes 4.1.3).
The same files with the same macros works well with Windows 7 AOO 4.1.5.
The same files with the same macros works well with Linus AOO 4.1.5.

Did you try my files on your o.s.? Which is your o.s.?
Thanks.

One of the types of change between 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 is to add throw an exception if parsing certain forms of corrupt input file that could cause access beyond allocated memory.

An over-detection error in that code could cause crashes in 4.1.4 and 4.1.5 on files that are accepted in 4.1.3 and earlier. However, it is in code that is used for all operating systems, so if it were that I would expect 4.1.5 to crash on Windows and Linux as well as Mac.

Confirmed by users on french forum
This regression is MacOS system only

 Information from the French AOO forum: the problem is confirmed with High Sierra 10.13.2; instead it does not happen with El Capitan 10.11.x.

But El Capitan is an old o.s. ....

Created attachment 86315 [details]
Crash on macOS 10.12.6

Macro security is Medium.
JRE is Oracle 1.8.0_151

Everybody that reported this issue could to test future 4.2.0 dev-build?
http://home.apache.org/~jim/AOO-builds/4.3.0-dev-r1827250/

And give feedback about it.

Hi,

Just tested a data base filed on the french forum : https://forum.openoffice.org/fr/forum/viewtopic.php?p=310906#p310906
After opening and macros enabling, OpenOffice 4.2 crashes.
Without macros enabling : no crash.

Regards

Is there something new about this problem ? It's a big trouble for mac users...

I am sorry, not that I know of.
I will have a look in the next 2 weeks. But I am learner. So don't expect to much

Thanks Peter, I hope you will success

Also in development version 4.1.6 the problem remains

we did not fix anything in this direction. So no surprise that there is no change.
This issue needs more deeper analysis.

Unfortunately I have to confirm this issue with v. 4.1.6 RC1 (osMac 10.12.6)

Hi,

Problem remains with 4.1.6 final (MacOS 10.13.6)

Rgds

Is there any other info available other than it crashes? Is there a log in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter or ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

Created attachment 86631 [details]
Crash automatic report

(In reply to Jim Jagielski from comment #21)
> Is there any other info available other than it crashes? Is there a log in
> ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter or ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports

I attached a report

Thanks for the efforts for solving this issue, preventing the update of Java software...
jpc4