diff -uNr openjdk-orig/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDataTransferer.java openjdk/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDataTransferer.java
--- openjdk-orig/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDataTransferer.java	2012-10-16 22:36:45.000000000 +0200
+++ openjdk/jdk/src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XDataTransferer.java	2012-12-15 12:14:59.281673529 +0100
@@ -283,14 +283,14 @@
             reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream, charset));
             String line;
             ArrayList<URI> uriList = new ArrayList<URI>();
-            URI uri;
             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                 try {
-                    uri = new URI(line);
+                    if (!"\0".equals(line)) {
+                        uriList.add(new URI(line));
+                    }
                 } catch (URISyntaxException uriSyntaxException) {
                     throw new IOException(uriSyntaxException);
                 }
-                uriList.add(uri);
             }
             return uriList.toArray(new URI[uriList.size()]);
         } finally {