"EXCEPTION: Access Violation" at two chests near Glass' Castle.

[Tree_Wizard]

I apologize that this is regarding the version on GOG but it seems no one cares to answer this question over there. As detailed in at least three different threads since 2012 when approaching the two chests near Glass' Castle they turn into enemies and the game crashes with "EXCEPTION: Access Violation." Does this problem exist on the Steam version? Is there any known fix for this?

https://www.gog.com/forum/silver/game_crashes_in_winter
https://www.gog.com/forum/silver/exception_access_violation_in_the_middle_of_the_game_crashes
https://www.gog.com/forum/silver/exception_access_violation_before_glass_castle_1