System Information
Operating system: windows 10 1903 (updated on 08/02)
Graphics card: none , 6gb ram 3.3 gz

Blender Version
Broken: (example: 2.81, 2019-08-03, as found on the splash screen)
Worked: has never worked

Short description of error
one difference is it worked with curves ... add curve ... change to edit mode ... no crash .... BUT if you now covert curve to object and enter into edit mode again ... crashes
Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible).