--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java	2017-01-11 18:03:50.882044571 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/javax/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFField.java	2017-01-11 18:03:50.674044571 +0530
@@ -698,6 +698,11 @@
      * data type for the supplied {@code TIFFTag}.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count < 0}.
      * @see #TIFFField(TIFFTag,int,int,Object)
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count < 1}
+     * and {@code type} is {@code TIFF_RATIONAL} or
+     * {@code TIFF_SRATIONAL}.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count != 1}
+     * and {@code type} is {@code TIFF_IFD_POINTER}.
      */
     public TIFFField(TIFFTag tag, int type, int count) {
         this(tag, type, count, createArrayForType(type, count));
@@ -885,11 +890,26 @@
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code dataType} is not
      * one of the {@code TIFFTag.TIFF_*} data type constants.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count < 0}.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count < 1}
+     * and {@code type} is {@code TIFF_RATIONAL} or
+     * {@code TIFF_SRATIONAL}.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code count != 1}
+     * and {@code type} is {@code TIFF_IFD_POINTER}.
      */
     public static Object createArrayForType(int dataType, int count) {
+
         if(count < 0) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("count < 0!");
+        } else if((dataType == TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL
+                   || dataType == TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL)
+                  && count < 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException
+                ("Type is TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFF_SRATIONAL and count < 1");
+        } else if (dataType == TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER && count != 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException
+                ("Type is TIFF_IFD_POINTER count != 1");
         }
+
         switch (dataType) {
         case TIFFTag.TIFF_BYTE:
         case TIFFTag.TIFF_SBYTE:
--- /dev/null	2017-01-11 11:24:22.974040000 +0530
+++ new/test/javax/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFCreateArrayForTypeTest.java	2017-01-11 18:03:51.274044571 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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     8152561
+ * @summary Test verifies whether all boundary conditions are checked
+ *          properly in TIFFField.createArrayForType().
+ * @run     main TIFFCreateArrayForTypeTest
+ */
+
+import javax.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFField;
+import javax.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFTag;
+
+public class TIFFCreateArrayForTypeTest {
+
+    static int count = 0;
+
+    private static void check(boolean pass, String msg) {
+        if (!pass) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(msg);
+        }
+    }
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        // check passing unknown data type to createArrayForType()
+        boolean pass = false;
+        count = 2;
+        int dataType = 15;
+        try {
+            TIFFField.createArrayForType(dataType, count);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            pass = true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // just consume if it throws any other exception.
+        }
+        check(pass, "Passing unknown datatype is not throwing"
+                + " IllegalArgumentException");
+
+        // check passing negative count value for createArrayForType()
+        pass = false;
+        count = -1;
+        try {
+            TIFFField.createArrayForType(TIFFTag.TIFF_LONG, count);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            pass = true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // just consume if it throws any other exception.
+        }
+        check(pass, "Passing negative count value is not throwing"
+                + " IllegalArgumentException");
+
+        /*
+         * check passing zero count value for createArrayForType() with
+         * TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL or TIFFTag.TIFF_SRATIONAL data type.
+         */
+        pass = false;
+        count = 0;
+        try {
+            TIFFField.createArrayForType(TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL, count);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            pass = true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // just consume if it throws any other exception.
+        }
+        check(pass, "Passing zero count value with TIFFTag.TIFF_RATIONAL"
+                + " is not throwing IllegalArgumentException");
+
+        /*
+         * check passing count value other than 1 for createArrayForType() with
+         * TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER data type.
+         */
+        pass = false;
+        count = 2;
+        try {
+            TIFFField.createArrayForType(TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER, count);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            pass = true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // just consume if it throws any other exception.
+        }
+        check(pass, "Passing count value other than 1 with"
+                + " TIFFTag.TIFF_IFD_POINTER is not throwing"
+                + " IllegalArgumentException");
+    }
+}
+