Application Crashes with 'jvm terminated. exit code=1'

Application intermittently crashes with error 'jvm terminated. exit code=1' as in screenshot Error:

It further creates an error log file (hs_err_pid) which reads

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x715c4ad6, pid=14580, tid=4648

JRE version: 6.0_21-b06 Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (17.0-b16 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 ) Problematic frame: C [COMCTL32.dll+0x54ad6]

If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. See problematic frame for where to report the bug.

Could anyone suggest what does this error means and how to overcome this issue.