In their original report, Security Explorations indicated that Issue 42 in SE-2014-02 had its origin in klassItable::initialize_itable_for_interface method's implementation of Java SE 7 HotSpot VM. They have recently learned that their initial analysis regarding the root cause of Issue 42 was incorrect. This report contains more detailed information about the actual cause of Issue 42, the reasoning that has mislead them into concluding it was caused by an improper initialization of non-public interface method slots and some additional findings regarding this issue.
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