Please review at your convenience. Issue https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-7103957
The problem and suggested fix provided in the issue description are accurate: the array is one element too large. Diff --- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java Tue Nov 13 20:02:39 2012 -0800 +++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Integer.java Wed Jan 09 11:45:28 2013 -0800 @@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int i = parseInt(integerCacheHighPropValue); i = Math.max(i, 127); // Maximum array size is Integer.MAX_VALUE - h = Math.min(i, Integer.MAX_VALUE - (-low)); + h = Math.min(i, Integer.MAX_VALUE - (-low) - 1); } high = h; Testing All java/lang tests passed on default array of platforms. Thanks, Brian