OutOfMemoryError cannot be caught as a Throwable

import java.util.*;
public class OOM {
    private static HashMap<Object, Object> store = new HashMap<>();
    public static void main(String... args) {
        int size = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
        System.out.println("Start");
        try {
            while (true) {
                Object o = new Byte[size * 1024];
                store.put(o, o);
            }
        } catch (Throwable t) { /// <<<<==Change to "catch (VirtualMachineError t)" and we'll be OK.
            store = null;
        }
    }
}

$ java -Xmx64m OOM.java 100; echo $?
Start
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
1

$ java -Xmx64m OOM.java 300; echo $?
Start
0

With SerialGC, the OOM can be caught even with size==1

$ java -Xmx64m -XX:+UseSerialGC OOM.java 1; echo $?
Start
0