Using the --sha-rounds option without first giving a crypt method via the --crypt-method option results in comparisons with a NULL pointer and thus make chgpasswd segfault:
$ chgpasswd -s 1
zsh: segmentation fault chgpasswd -s 1
Current patch add a sanity check before these comparisons to ensure there is a defined encryption method.
case 's':
sflg = true;
bad_s = 0;
+
+ if (!crypt_method) {
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ _("%s: no crypt method defined\n"),
+ Prog);
+ usage (E_USAGE);
+ }
#if defined(USE_SHA_CRYPT)
if ( ( ((0 == strcmp (crypt_method, "SHA256")) || (0 == strcmp (crypt_method, "SHA512")))
&& (0 == getlong(optarg, &sha_rounds)))) {