fusion 5.3.8 core dump if asset missing in project

[jestinpaul]

Describe the bug

In earth enterprise fusion 5.3.8, while opening a project and if one of the assets is already deleted and missing, fusion will core dump.
In previous versions, we get a message that specific asset is missing, in a popup window.

To Reproduce

add few assets in a project file and save. Delete one of the assets from operating system. Try opening the project file from fusion. fusion will core dump and crash.

Expected behavior

In previous versions, we get a message that specific asset is missing, in a popup window. We can do gedropfromimageryproject if we know the missing asset and continue.

Desktop

Server OS: RHEL7.9
Client OS: RHEL7.9 and windows 7/10
GoogleEarth enterprise version 5.3.8
GoogleEarth EC 7.3.4.8248 64bit Linux/windows