Using BENCHMARK() on Windows 10 system causes SIGSEGV depending on compiler

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Describe the bug
Calling application that uses BENCHMARK() compiled with current MSVC compiler causes program to fail with SIGSEGV on a Windows 10 system. Using an older compiler works.

Expected behavior
When .exe file is called, the benchmark should complete without aborting.

Reproduction steps
Complete minimum viable example:

main.cpp:

#include <catch2/catch_session.hpp>
 
int main(int argc,char* argv[])
{
	return Catch::Session().run(argc, argv);
}

Benchmark.cpp:

#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
#include <catch2/benchmark/catch_benchmark.hpp>
 
int stub()
{
	return 0;
}
 
TEST_CASE("Main") {
	BENCHMARK("main") {
		return stub();
	};
}

CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.20)
project ("Benchmark" LANGUAGES CXX)
find_package(Catch2 3 REQUIRED)
 
include(CTest)
include(Catch)
 
set(benchmark_src "Benchmark.cpp" "main.cpp")
 
add_executable(benchmark ${benchmark_src})
target_link_libraries(benchmark PRIVATE Catch2::Catch2)
set_property(TARGET benchmark PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
catch_discover_tests(benchmark)

Code generation for version with bug, started from Development PowerShell for VS 2022:

cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=[...]\Catch2Release -B build -S . -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .\build\

Code generation for version without bug, started from clean command prompt:

"[...]\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64 -vcvars_ver=14.29
cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=[...]\Catch2ReleaseOldCompiler -B build -S . -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .\build\

Output:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Main
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[...]\Benchmark.cpp(9)
...............................................................................
 
benchmark name                       samples       iterations    est run time
                                     mean          low mean      high mean
                                     std dev       low std dev   high std dev
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
main                                           100         45739          0 ns
 
 
[...]\Benchmark.cpp(9[...]\Benchmark.cpp[...]\Benchmark.cpp)(: 9()9: )FAILEDFAILED:
:
: due to a fatal error conditiondue to a fatal error condition:FAILED:
:
 
due to a fatal error condition  SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation signal:  SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation signal
 
 
===============================================================================
  SIGSEGV - Segmentation violation signal===============================================================================
 
------
---test cases-: -
1- | test cases-1----:  --2failed---- |
-2assertions---- : -failed---3--
-assertions- | -: ---3 3-- | -failed3-----
failed
--
-
----------------------------

Platform information:
Target system:

• OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763

General build configuration:

• OS: Windows 11 Pro, Version 10.0.22.631 Build 22631
• Catch version: v3.8.1 devel version at commit 04cbcfa (11.06.2025)**
• CMake version: 4.0.3

Build configuration with bug:

• Compiler+version: MSVC 19.44.35211.0 (current version for Visual Studio 2022 as of right now)

Build system configuration without bug:

• Compiler+version: MSVC 19.29.30159.0 (last version for Visual Studio 2019)

Additional context

• I built the Catch2 libraries from the source files with the compiler versions listed above.
• Both versions run on the build system.
• Using other Catch2 features such as REQUIRE() instead of BENCHMARK() does not produce any errors.