The ImageWriter.reset() throws an OutOfMemoryError:setting Stream

The error has been encountered in The Test case WriteListenerTest
The Testcase is located in ImageIO Testsuite under the 2D workspace in
/net/sqesvr/export/2d/Merlin_2d_ws


java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Setting Stream
        at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter.setDest(Native Method)
        at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter.setOutput(JPEGImageWriter.java:102)
        at javax.imageio.ImageWriter.reset(ImageWriter.java:1835)
        at com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter.reset(JPEGImageWriter.java:385)
        at WriteListenerTest.start(WriteListenerTest.java:221)
        at com.sun.javatest.regtest.AppletWrapper$AppletThread.run(AppletWrapper.java:145)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:579)