diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index e6985abd2..2806bbc20 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "checkother.h"
 #include "testsuite.h"
 #include <sstream>
+#include <symboldatabase.h>
 
 extern std::ostringstream errout;
 
@@ -532,6 +533,49 @@ private:
               "double* pp[3] = {p1,p2,p3};\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // ticket #5045 segmentation fault when SymbolDatabase is corrupt
+        {
+            // We don't use the "check" function because we need to
+            // make sure the symboldatabase is inconsistent..
+
+            const char code[] = "namespace {\n"
+                                "  void get() { source = create(context); }\n"
+                                "  void create( something const & context)\n"
+                                "      SAL_THROW((css::uno::Exception))\n"
+                                "  { return new Server(context); }\n"
+                                "}\n"
+                                "void component_getFactory()\n"
+                                "{ component_getFactoryHelper(); }";
+
+            Settings settings;
+            settings.addEnabled("warning");
+            Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);
+            std::istringstream istr(code);
+            tokenizer.tokenize(istr,"test.cpp");
+            tokenizer.simplifyTokenList();
+
+            // Assert that the symboldatabase is inconsistent..
+            const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = tokenizer.getSymbolDatabase();
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(2U, symbolDatabase->getVariableListSize());
+            const Variable *var = symbolDatabase->getVariableFromVarId(1U);
+            ASSERT(var->typeStartToken());
+            bool invalid = true;
+            for (const Token *tok = var->typeStartToken(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+                invalid = true;
+                if (tok == var->typeEndToken()) {
+                    invalid = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, invalid);
+
+            // Make sure there is no crash with inconsistent symboldatabase..
+            // typeStartToken() is not before typeEndToken()
+            errout.str("");
+            CheckOther checkOther(&tokenizer, &settings, this);
+            checkOther.checkZeroDivisionOrUselessCondition(); // don't crash
+        }
     }
 
     void nanInArithmeticExpression() {