You may see this error in Quartus® Prime Standard as well as Quartus® II, if the file /etc/issue has been edited on Linux operating systems. This problem is a memory based error that can stem from either a self-referential assignment causing an infinite loop or not having sufficient memory based on your version of Quartus (32-bit or 64-bit).
An example of this error is seen in the following RTL:
localparam int PATH1 = PATH2;
To work around this problem if a self-referential assignment, remove the self-referential assignment from the RTL.
To work around the insufficient memory based on Quartus version, replace the installed version of Quartus with the version that matches your system properties.
This problem is fixed in all Pro versions of Quartus.