diff -r a7f649f8e860 -r 0697e38017ec langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java
--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java	Tue Mar 18 22:12:46 2014 +0000
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassReader.java	Wed Mar 19 11:34:27 2014 -0400
@@ -2501,6 +2501,8 @@
                 return;
             } catch (IOException ex) {
                 throw badClassFile("unable.to.access.file", ex.getMessage());
+            } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
+                throw badClassFile("bad.class.file", c.flatname);
             } finally {
                 currentClassFile = previousClassFile;
             }