Game crashes when powering a piston with orientation data 6 (fixed)

I spawned a regular piston (ID 33) with the orientation data 6 (which is not a normal placeable direction) per /setblock command and then just wondered what happens if you power it. Well, the game crashed, that is kinda what I expected :/
(Sorry if this is a duplicate, but I did not find any by using the search) +The marked duplicate is closed as "invalid" as it was created using external tools. This is not (Note the last line of the crash report:

Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and both client + server brands are untouched.

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Also I could not test if this happens in previous versions, but I believe so as you can place such a block with external tools (such as WorldEdit).
//EDIT: Yes, this happens.

If you don't believe me, reproduce:
Type "/setblock ~ ~ ~ 33 6 replace"
Provide redstone power to the spawned block.

Crash log and screenshot of the piston attached.