This has been resolved within JDK-8141571, but still observed in lastest jdk 9 dev nightly (nightly-b93-2015-11-18).

Please look at the following hs err log:
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Current thread (0x24bf5000): JavaThread "SameVMThread" [_thread_in_native, id=674608, stack(0x25460000,0x254b0000)]

Stack: [0x25460000,0x254b0000], sp=0x254ae3b8, free space=312k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C [msvcr120.dll+0x1416e]

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j jdk.internal.jimage.ImageNativeSubstrate.JIMAGE_Open(Ljava/lang/String;)J+0
j JImageReadTest.test1_ReadClasses(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V+33
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
j sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+0
j sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+100
j sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+6
j java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+56
j org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+242
j org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod([Ljava/lang/Object;ILorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;[Ljava/lang/Object;ILorg/testng/xml/XmlSuite;Ljava/util/Map;Lorg/testng/ITestClass;[Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;[Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;Lorg/testng/internal/ConfigurationGroupMethods;)Lorg/testng/ITestResult;+292
j org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod([Ljava/lang/Object;Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;[Ljava/lang/Object;ILorg/testng/xml/XmlSuite;Ljava/util/Map;Lorg/testng/ITestClass;[Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;[Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;Lorg/testng/internal/ConfigurationGroupMethods;)Ljava/util/List;+46
j org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;[Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;ILorg/testng/xml/XmlSuite;Ljava/util/Map;Lorg/testng/internal/ConfigurationGroupMethods;[Ljava/lang/Object;Lorg/testng/ITestContext;)Ljava/util/List;+762
j org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(Lorg/testng/ITestNGMethod;[Ljava/lang/Object;Lorg/testng/ITestContext;)V+32
j org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run()V+60
j org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(Lorg/testng/xml/XmlTest;)V+356
j org.testng.TestRunner.run()V+26
j org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(Lorg/testng/TestRunner;)V+1
j org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially()V+31
j org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun()V+281
j org.testng.SuiteRunner.run()V+6
j org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(Lorg/testng/internal/SuiteRunnerMap;Lorg/testng/xml/XmlSuite;)V+89
j org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run()V+12
j org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(Lorg/testng/xml/XmlSuite;Lorg/testng/internal/SuiteRunnerMap;ILjava/lang/String;)V+66
j org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally()Ljava/util/List;+143
j org.testng.TestNG.run()V+77
j com.sun.javatest.regtest.TestNGAction$TestNGRunner.main(Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;[Ljava/lang/String;)V+117
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
j sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Ljava/lang/reflect/Method;Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+0
j sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+100
j sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+6
j java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+56
j com.sun.javatest.regtest.agent.MainActionHelper$SameVMRunnable.run()V+10
j java.lang.Thread.run()V+11
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub

siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x00010046