--- old/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	2017-04-20 09:03:32.664297676 -0400
+++ new/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	2017-04-20 09:03:32.509265846 -0400
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #define NOFAILOVER_MAJOR_VERSION                       51
 #define NONZERO_PADDING_BYTES_IN_SWITCH_MAJOR_VERSION  51
 #define STATIC_METHOD_IN_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION       52
+#define MAX_ARRAY_DIMENSIONS 255
 
 // Access to external entry for VerifyClassCodes - old byte code verifier
 
@@ -2931,6 +2932,15 @@
   char* arr_sig_str;
   if (component_type.is_array()) {     // it's an array
     const char* component_name = component_type.name()->as_utf8();
+    // Check for more than MAX_ARRAY_DIMENSIONS
+    int dims = 0;
+    while (component_name[dims] == '[') {
+      dims++;
+    }
+    if (dims >= MAX_ARRAY_DIMENSIONS) {
+      verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
+                   "Illegal anewarray instruction, array has more than 255 dimensions");
+    }
     // add one dimension to component
     length = (int)strlen(component_name) + 1;
     arr_sig_str = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY_IN_THREAD(THREAD, char, length);