When running one of our tools, the tool crashed with the following exception:
An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.
Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x77F81B4D
Function=RtlEnterCriticalSection+0xB
Library=C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll

Current Java thread:
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.makeColorModel(Native Method)
at sun.awt.windows.WImage.makeImageRep(WImage.java:33)
at sun.awt.image.Image.getImageRep(Image.java:280)
- locked <02B46D30> (a sun.awt.windows.WImage)
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.checkScrImage(WToolkit.java:475)
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.checkImage(WToolkit.java:481)
at java.awt.Component.checkImage(Component.java:2740)
at java.awt.ImageMediaEntry.getStatus(MediaTracker.java:875)
at java.awt.MediaTracker.statusID(MediaTracker.java:672)
- locked <02B454F0> (a java.awt.MediaTracker)
at java.awt.MediaTracker.waitForID(MediaTracker.java:620)
- locked <02B454F0> (a java.awt.MediaTracker)
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.loadImage(ImageIcon.java:228)
- locked <02B454F0> (a java.awt.MediaTracker)
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:85)
at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:105)
at BugBear.<clinit>(BugBear.java:47)

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x00405000 c:\jdk1.4\bin\java.exe
0x77F80000 - 0x77FFA000 C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll
0x77DB0000 - 0x77E0A000 C:\WINNT\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77E80000 - 0x77F35000 C:\WINNT\system32\KERNEL32.DLL
0x77D40000 - 0x77DB0000 C:\WINNT\system32\RPCRT4.DLL
0x78000000 - 0x78046000 C:\WINNT\system32\MSVCRT.dll
0x6D510000 - 0x6D78F000 c:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
0x77E10000 - 0x77E74000 C:\WINNT\system32\USER32.dll
0x77F40000 - 0x77F7C000 C:\WINNT\system32\GDI32.DLL
0x77570000 - 0x775A0000 C:\WINNT\System32\WINMM.dll
0x75E60000 - 0x75E7A000 C:\WINNT\System32\IMM32.DLL
0x6CA60000 - 0x6CA68000 C:\WINNT\System32\LPK.DLL
0x66650000 - 0x666A4000 C:\WINNT\System32\USP10.dll
0x6D200000 - 0x6D207000 c:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\hpi.dll
0x6D3D0000 - 0x6D3DD000 c:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\verify.dll
0x6D240000 - 0x6D255000 c:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\java.dll
0x6D3F0000 - 0x6D3FD000 c:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\zip.dll
0x6D010000 - 0x6D0F4000 C:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\awt.dll
0x77800000 - 0x7781D000 C:\WINNT\System32\WINSPOOL.DRV
0x77A50000 - 0x77B45000 C:\WINNT\system32\ole32.dll
0x6E420000 - 0x6E426000 C:\WINNT\System32\INDICDLL.dll
0x77920000 - 0x77942000 C:\WINNT\system32\imagehlp.dll
0x72A00000 - 0x72A2D000 C:\WINNT\system32\DBGHELP.dll
0x690A0000 - 0x690AB000 C:\WINNT\System32\PSAPI.DLL

Local Time = Mon Jun 11 13:55:05 2001
Elapsed Time = 4
#
# The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (1.4.0-beta_refresh-b67 mixed mode)
#

To reproduce:
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Bringover the following tool:
/net/sqesvr/export/jfc/Merlin_ws/BAT_Suite/BugBear
In the GNUmakefile, add server and Xmixed options in the line invoking java command.
Then execute from the console:
gnumake auto
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Additional information

It happens in all Win platforms and without any runtime options like server, Xmixed,...

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