httpd.exe - Crashing with "faulting module comsvcs.dll"

[anees042]

Hello All,

Apache is crashing again and again, showing dont send error (windows error reporting). I am using XAMPP 1.8.1 on windows xp;

below are error details from windows event viewer;

Faulting application httpd.exe, version 2.4.3.0, faulting module comsvcs.dll, version 2001.12.4414.702, fault address 0x00043aaf.

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 68 74 74 ure htt
0018: 70 64 2e 65 78 65 20 32 pd.exe 2
0020: 2e 34 2e 33 2e 30 20 69 .4.3.0 i
0028: 6e 20 63 6f 6d 73 76 63 n comsvc
0030: 73 2e 64 6c 6c 20 32 30 s.dll 20
0038: 30 31 2e 31 32 2e 34 34 01.12.44
0040: 31 34 2e 37 30 32 20 61 14.702 a
0048: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset
0050: 20 30 30 30 34 33 61 61 00043aa
0058: 66 0d 0a f..

below are the logs from error.log;
[Wed Feb 06 10:48:52.625000 2013] [:error] [pid 6968:tid 456] [client ::1:3180] script 'D:/xampp/htdocs/eazyq/gmccounterdisplay/fetchcounterdata.php' not found or unable to stat, referer: http://localhost/eazyq/gmccounterdisplay/counterdisplay.php
[Wed Feb 06 10:48:55.593750 2013] [:error] [pid 6968:tid 456] [client ::1:3180] script 'D:/xampp/htdocs/eazyq/gmccounterdisplay/counterdisplay.php' not found or unable to stat
[Wed Feb 06 10:48:58.343750 2013] [:error] [pid 6968:tid 476] [client ::1:3202] script 'D:/xampp/htdocs/eazyq/gmccounterdisplay/counterdisplay.php' not found or unable to stat
[Wed Feb 06 10:48:58.843750 2013] [:error] [pid 6968:tid 456] [client ::1:3180] script 'D:/xampp/htdocs/eazyq/gmccounterdisplay/counterdisplay.php' not found or unable to stat
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:42.109375 2013] [core:warn] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00098: pid file D:/xampp/apache/logs/httpd.pid overwritten -- Unclean shutdown of previous Apache run?
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:42.453125 2013] [ssl:warn] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH01873: Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:44.343750 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00455: Apache/2.4.3 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1c PHP/5.4.7 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:44.343750 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00456: Server built: Aug 18 2012 12:41:37
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:44.343750 2013] [core:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00094: Command line: 'd:\\xampp\\apache\\bin\\httpd.exe -d D:/xampp/apache'
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:44.390625 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 172
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:46.437500 2013] [ssl:warn] [pid 172:tid 1868] AH01873: Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:46.640625 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 172:tid 1868] AH00354: Child: Starting 150 worker threads.
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:51.218750 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00428: Parent: child process exited with status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:52.125000 2013] [ssl:warn] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH01873: Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:52.281250 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00455: Apache/2.4.3 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1c PHP/5.4.7 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:52.281250 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00456: Server built: Aug 18 2012 12:41:37
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:52.281250 2013] [core:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00094: Command line: 'd:\\xampp\\apache\\bin\\httpd.exe -d D:/xampp/apache'
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:52.296875 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 2076:tid 220] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 4092
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:54.359375 2013] [ssl:warn] [pid 4092:tid 1868] AH01873: Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache]
[Wed Feb 06 11:54:54.531250 2013] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 4092:tid 1868] AH00354: Child: Starting 150 worker threads.

[JonB]

A. - when you get an error like that - you 'may' find a workaround, but it is most likely a PHP bug. PHP (via Apache) is trying to write to or fetch in a reserved memory area. (aka a buffer overflow).

Googling your error code " faulting module comsvcs.dll, version 2001.12.4414.702, fault address 0x00043aaf"

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&newwindow ... 57&bih=782

Turns up other topics, same issue.

Read through them, I suspect it is an uncommon bug. I don't see a 'fix' - usually recurring problems in dll's can only be fixed by patching the source and recompiling (AFAIK).

Look at this item:
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32099

Good Luck