--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/compactHashtable.cpp 2015-10-09 14:50:54.203802000 +0200 +++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/compactHashtable.cpp 2015-10-09 14:50:54.053784000 +0200 @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ int HashtableTextDump::scan_string_prefix() { // Expect /[0-9]+: / - int utf8_length; + int utf8_length = 0; get_num(':', &utf8_length); if (*_p != ' ') { corrupted(_p, "Wrong prefix format for string"); @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ int HashtableTextDump::scan_symbol_prefix() { // Expect /[0-9]+ (-|)[0-9]+: / - int utf8_length; + int utf8_length = 0; get_num(' ', &utf8_length); if (*_p == '-') { _p++;