The parser code that transformed VALUES from row-oriented to
column-oriented lists failed if there were zero columns.
You can't write that straightforwardly (though probably you
should be able to), but the case can be reached by expanding
a "tab.*" reference to a zero-column table.

Per bug #17477 from Wang Ke.  Back-patch to all supported branches.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/17477-0af3c6ac6b0a6ae0@postgresql.org