Crash on SpeedTreeImporter::Create3DMeshes8 when importing a speedtree

Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached project “CrashRepro“
2. Import “SPEEDTREE“ asset into the project

Expected result: “SPEEDTREE“ is imported
Actual result: Editor becomes unresponsive and crashes after a while

Reproducible with: 2020.3.43f1, 2021.3.16f1, 2022.2.2f1, 2023.1.0a23

Reproducible on: Windows 10 22H2

First lines of Stack Trace:

0x00007ff6338853de (Unity) SpeedTreeImporter::Create3DMeshes8
0x00007ff63388a76a (Unity) SpeedTreeImporter::GenerateAssetData8
0x00007ff63388aa46 (Unity) SpeedTreeImporter::GenerateAssetData
0x00007ff633dcc8d3 (Unity) ImportToObjects
0x00007ff633dcb8a8 (Unity) ImportAsset

Note: The project crashes during step 1 on versions 2021.3.16f1 and above