--- a/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/FSInfo.java	Fri Nov 22 17:53:09 2019 +0000
+++ b/src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/file/FSInfo.java	Fri Nov 22 10:38:35 2019 -0800
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 
 package com.sun.tools.javac.file;
 
+import java.io.IOError;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -109,10 +111,14 @@
             for (StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(path);
                  st.hasMoreTokens(); ) {
                 String elt = st.nextToken();
-                Path f = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(elt);
-                if (!f.isAbsolute() && parent != null)
-                    f = parent.resolve(f).toAbsolutePath();
-                list.add(f);
+                try {
+                    Path f = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(elt);
+                    if (!f.isAbsolute() && parent != null)
+                        f = parent.resolve(f).toAbsolutePath();
+                    list.add(f);
+                } catch (InvalidPathException | IOError e) {
+                    throw new IOException(e);
+                }
             }
 
             return list;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/langtools/tools/javac/file/FSInfoTest.java	Fri Nov 22 10:38:35 2019 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 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.
+ */
+
+import com.sun.tools.javac.file.FSInfo;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.util.Context;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8232170
+ * @summary Test com.sun.tools.javac.file.FSInfo
+ * @modules jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util
+ *          jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file
+ * @run testng FSInfoTest
+ */
+public class FSInfoTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that if a jar file has a manifest with a invalid path value for {@code Class-Path} attribute,
+     * then parsing such a jar file through {@link FSInfo#getJarClassPath(Path)} doesn't throw any other
+     * exception other than {@link IOException}
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidClassPath() throws Exception {
+        final String invalidOSPath = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).contains("windows")
+                ? "C:\\*" : "foo\u0000bar";
+        final Path jarFile = Files.createTempFile(null, ".jar");
+        jarFile.toFile().deleteOnExit();
+        final Manifest mf = new Manifest();
+        mf.getMainAttributes().putValue("Manifest-Version", "1.0");
+        // add Class-Path which points to an invalid path
+        System.out.println("Intentionally using an invalid Class-Path entry " + invalidOSPath + " in manifest");
+        mf.getMainAttributes().putValue("Class-Path", invalidOSPath + " " + "/some/other-random/path");
+
+        // create a jar file with the manifest
+        try (final JarOutputStream jar = new JarOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(jarFile), mf)) {
+        }
+        final FSInfo fsInfo = FSInfo.instance(new Context());
+        try {
+            fsInfo.getJarClassPath(jarFile);
+            // we don't rely on fsInfo.getJarClassPath to throw an exception for invalid
+            // paths. Hence no Assert.fail(...) call here. But if it does throw some exception,
+            // then that exception should always be a IOException.
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            // expected
+            System.out.println("(As expected) FSInfo.getJarClassPath threw an IOException - " + ioe.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}