--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java	Wed Nov 14 17:26:24 2018 +0530
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java	Wed Nov 14 01:29:34 2018 +0530
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
         String text;
         pos = stream.getStreamPosition();
         int textLength = (int)(chunkStart + chunkLength - pos);
-        if (textLength <= 0) {
+        if (textLength < 0) {
             throw new IIOException("iTXt chunk length is not proper");
         }
         byte[] b = new byte[textLength];
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
     private void parse_tEXt_chunk(int chunkLength) throws IOException {
         String keyword = readNullTerminatedString("ISO-8859-1", 80);
         int textLength = chunkLength - keyword.length() - 1;
-        if (textLength <= 0) {
+        if (textLength < 0) {
             throw new IIOException("tEXt chunk length is not proper");
         }
         metadata.tEXt_keyword.add(keyword);
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
     private void parse_zTXt_chunk(int chunkLength) throws IOException {
         String keyword = readNullTerminatedString("ISO-8859-1", 80);
         int textLength = chunkLength - keyword.length() - 2;
-        if (textLength <= 0) {
+        if (textLength < 0) {
             throw new IIOException("zTXt chunk length is not proper");
         }
         metadata.zTXt_keyword.add(keyword);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/javax/imageio/plugins/png/ReadPNGWithNoTextInTEXTChunk.java	Wed Nov 14 01:29:34 2018 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug     8212116
+ * @summary Test verifies that PNGImageReader doesn't throw IIOException
+ *          when reading a tEXt chunk having no text.
+ * @run     main ReadPNGWithNoTextInTEXTChunk
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriter;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.ImageReader;
+import javax.imageio.ImageWriteParam;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOInvalidTreeException;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadataNode;
+import javax.imageio.stream.ImageOutputStream;
+import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
+import javax.imageio.IIOImage;
+
+public class ReadPNGWithNoTextInTEXTChunk {
+
+    private static BufferedImage img;
+    private static ImageWriter writer;
+    private static ImageWriteParam param;
+    private static IIOMetadata metadata;
+    private static byte[] imageByteArray;
+
+    private static void initialize(int type) {
+        int width = 1;
+        int height = 1;
+        img = new BufferedImage(width, height, type);
+        Graphics2D g2D = img.createGraphics();
+        g2D.setColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
+        g2D.fillRect(0, 0, width, width);
+        g2D.dispose();
+
+        Iterator<ImageWriter> iterWriter =
+                ImageIO.getImageWritersBySuffix("png");
+        writer = iterWriter.next();
+
+        param = writer.getDefaultWriteParam();
+        ImageTypeSpecifier specifier =
+                ImageTypeSpecifier.
+                        createFromBufferedImageType(type);
+        metadata = writer.getDefaultImageMetadata(specifier, param);
+    }
+
+    private static void createTEXTNode()
+            throws IIOInvalidTreeException {
+        IIOMetadataNode tEXt_Entry = new IIOMetadataNode("tEXtEntry");
+        tEXt_Entry.setAttribute("keyword", "Author");
+        tEXt_Entry.setAttribute("value", "");
+
+        IIOMetadataNode tEXt = new IIOMetadataNode("tEXt");
+        tEXt.appendChild(tEXt_Entry);
+        IIOMetadataNode root = new IIOMetadataNode("javax_imageio_png_1.0");
+        root.appendChild(tEXt);
+        metadata.mergeTree("javax_imageio_png_1.0", root);
+    }
+
+    private static void writeImage() throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        ImageOutputStream ios = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(baos);
+        writer.setOutput(ios);
+        writer.write(metadata, new IIOImage(img, null, metadata), param);
+        writer.dispose();
+
+        baos.flush();
+        imageByteArray = baos.toByteArray();
+        baos.close();
+    }
+
+    private static void readPNGTEXTChunk() throws IOException {
+        initialize(BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY);
+        // Create tEXt node with text length 0
+        createTEXTNode();
+
+        writeImage();
+
+        ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream( imageByteArray );
+        ImageInputStream input= ImageIO.createImageInputStream(bais);
+        Iterator iter = ImageIO.getImageReaders(input);
+        ImageReader reader = (ImageReader) iter.next();
+        reader.setInput(input, false, false);
+        BufferedImage image = reader.read(0, reader.getDefaultReadParam());
+        input.close();
+        bais.close();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+
+        // read PNG image where tEXt chunk's text length is 0
+        readPNGTEXTChunk();
+    }
+}