usb_modeswitch_dispatcher crashed with SIGSEGV in main()

[alfredo.nobili]

Error on boot

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: usb-modeswitch 2.5.1+repack0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Oct 20 17:53:02 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch_dispatcher
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-20 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch_dispatcher --switch-mode 3-4
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7fe7fb81d125 <__strrchr_sse2+37>: movdqu (%rdi),%xmm0
 PC (0x7fe7fb81d125) ok
 source "(%rdi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%xmm0" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: usb-modeswitch
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main (main=0x560c12a24bb0, argc=3, argv=0x7fffb50bb2c8, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffb50bb2b8) at ../csu/libc-start.c:308
 ?? ()
Title: usb_modeswitch_dispatcher crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop: main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at usb_modeswitch_dispatcher.c:769

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jakub Vaněk (vanek-jakub4)]

I suspect that this bug is a duplicate of #1676763.