I was documenting a problem with fastest playback preview issue corrupting the frame rate of BG render files and ran into this issue.
Open a project, select a clip, use Ctrl-C or copy from the edit menu to copy a clip, open a new project, use Ctrl-V or paste from the edit menu and PS24 crashes.
Video: http://www.acscontrol.com/PS/PS24CopyPasteCrashHB.mp4