Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached project “CrashRepro”

Expected result: The project opens
Actual result: The Editor crashes

Reproducible with: 2021.3.16f1
Not reproducible with: 2022.3.15f1, 2023.2.4f1, 2023.3.0a18
Fixed in: 2021.3.17f1

Reproducible on: macOS 14.1.1 (M1 Max)
Not reproducible on: Windows 10

First few lines of the stack trace:
{{#0 0x000001810cd11c in __pthread_kill Thread 0x2b10b3000 may have been prematurely finalized}}
{{#1 0x1824800181014a40 in abort Thread 0x2b10b3000 may have been prematurely finalized}}
{{#2 0x500f800181013d30 in err Thread 0x2b10b3000 may have been prematurely finalized}}
{{#3 0x53e00018b39d3fc in bool MTLGetEnvCase<MTLErrorModeType>(char const, MTLErrorModeType&, std::__1::vector<std::__1::pair<char const, MTLErrorModeType>, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::pair<char const*, MTLErrorModeType>>> const&) (.cold.1) Thread 0x2b10b3000 may have been prematurely finalized}}
{{#4 0x7c2e80018b37a380 in MTLReportFailure Thread 0x2b10b3000 may have been prematurely finalized}}
{{#5 0xc47100018b3702e0 in _MTLMessageContextEnd}}