FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_102"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_102-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.102-b14, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Some internal classes doesn't work when OS uses ascii incompatible native encoding.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u80

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Run the code below with the following command

java -Dfile.encoding=UTF32-BE -cp . PemEncodingBugDemo




EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Empty output
ACTUAL -
Exception

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.loadPolicies(JceSecurity.java:317)
at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.setupJurisdictionPolicies(JceSecurity.java:262)
at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.access$000(JceSecurity.java:48)
at javax.crypto.JceSecurity$1.run(JceSecurity.java:80)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.<clinit>(JceSecurity.java:77)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:515)
at PemEncodingBugDemo.main(PemEncodingBugDemo.java:7)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Framework jar verification can not be initialized
at javax.crypto.JarVerifier.<clinit>(JarVerifier.java:192)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.security.PrivilegedActionException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: Could not parse certificate: java.io.IOException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 0
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.crypto.JarVerifier.<clinit>(JarVerifier.java:151)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException: Could not parse certificate: java.io.IOException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 0
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.engineGenerateCertificate(X509Factory.java:110)
at java.security.cert.CertificateFactory.generateCertificate(CertificateFactory.java:339)
at javax.crypto.JarVerifier.parseCertificate(JarVerifier.java:206)
at javax.crypto.JarVerifier.access$100(JarVerifier.java:37)
at javax.crypto.JarVerifier$1.run(JarVerifier.java:158)
at javax.crypto.JarVerifier$1.run(JarVerifier.java:152)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 0
at sun.security.util.Pem.decode(Pem.java:49)
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.readOneBlock(X509Factory.java:638)
at sun.security.provider.X509Factory.engineGenerateCertificate(X509Factory.java:96)
... 15 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 0
at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode0(Base64.java:714)
at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Base64.java:526)
at sun.security.util.Pem.decode(Pem.java:47)
... 17 more


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import javax.crypto.Cipher;

public class PemEncodingBugDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            if (!"UTF32-BE".equals(System.getProperty("file.encoding"))) {
                System.err.printf("This test must be run under command java -Dfile.encoding=UTF32-BE%n");
            }
            Cipher.getInstance("RC4");
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Use ASCII-compatible native encoding to run java.