Question

everybody!
I have some crach reports from JVM – hs_err_pid .logs.
So are they caused by mistakes (exceptions) in my java code? This errors arised from AWT-EventQueue-0:

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Current thread (0x4f61b800):  JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_in_native, id=9072, stack(0x4f570000,0x4f5c0000)]

siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x00000060

The header: 
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x761e76d0, pid=8756, tid=9072
#
# JRE version: 6.0_24-b07
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (19.1-b02 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C  [ole32.dll+0x376d0]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#strong text

Answer 1

No, this is not the result of an error in Java code. It can be the result of:

• Faulty hardware
• A bug in native code called via JNI
• A bug in the JVM
• A bug in the OS