diff -r 42ad9a781f51 -r 35b5da568499 src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java	Fri Dec 22 11:00:06 2017 +0530
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java	Tue Dec 26 13:38:31 2017 +0530
@@ -739,6 +739,17 @@
                     // If chunk type is 'IDAT', we've reached the image data.
                     if (imageStartPosition == -1L) {
                         /*
+                         * The PNG specification mandates that if colorType is
+                         * PNG_COLOR_PALETTE then the PLTE chunk should appear
+                         * before the first IDAT chunk.
+                         */
+                        if (colorType == PNG_COLOR_PALETTE &&
+                            !(metadata.PLTE_present))
+                        {
+                            throw new IIOException("Required PLTE chunk"
+                                    + " missing");
+                        }
+                        /*
                          * PNGs may contain multiple IDAT chunks containing
                          * a portion of image data. We store the position of
                          * the first IDAT chunk and continue with iteration