diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/c14n/implementations/CanonicalizerBase.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/c14n/implementations/CanonicalizerBase.java
index ddae60e9d53..2e914ac5823 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/c14n/implementations/CanonicalizerBase.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/org/apache/xml/internal/security/c14n/implementations/CanonicalizerBase.java
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
 
     protected static final AttrCompare COMPARE = new AttrCompare();
 
+    // Make sure you clone the following mutable arrays before passing to
+    // potentially untrusted objects such as OutputStreams.
     private static final byte[] END_PI = {'?','>'};
     private static final byte[] BEGIN_PI = {'<','?'};
     private static final byte[] END_COMM = {'-','-','>'};
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
     private static final byte[] LT = {'&','l','t',';'};
     private static final byte[] END_TAG = {'<','/'};
     private static final byte[] AMP = {'&','a','m','p',';'};
-    private static final byte[] equalsStr = {'=','\"'};
+    private static final byte[] EQUALS_STR = {'=','\"'};
 
     protected static final int NODE_BEFORE_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT = -1;
     protected static final int NODE_NOT_BEFORE_OR_AFTER_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT = 0;
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
                 writer.write('>');
                 sibling = currentNode.getFirstChild();
                 if (sibling == null) {
-                    writer.write(END_TAG);
+                    writer.write(END_TAG.clone());
                     UtfHelpper.writeStringToUtf8(name, writer);
                     writer.write('>');
                     //We finished with this level, pop to the previous definitions.
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
                 break;
             }
             while (sibling == null && parentNode != null) {
-                writer.write(END_TAG);
+                writer.write(END_TAG.clone());
                 UtfHelpper.writeByte(((Element)parentNode).getTagName(), writer, cache);
                 writer.write('>');
                 //We finished with this level, pop to the previous definitions.
@@ -481,7 +483,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
 
                 if (sibling == null) {
                     if (currentNodeIsVisible) {
-                        writer.write(END_TAG);
+                        writer.write(END_TAG.clone());
                         UtfHelpper.writeByte(name, writer, cache);
                         writer.write('>');
                         //We finished with this level, pop to the previous definitions.
@@ -503,7 +505,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
             }
             while (sibling == null && parentNode != null) {
                 if (isVisible(parentNode)) {
-                    writer.write(END_TAG);
+                    writer.write(END_TAG.clone());
                     UtfHelpper.writeByte(((Element)parentNode).getTagName(), writer, cache);
                     writer.write('>');
                     //We finished with this level, pop to the previous definitions.
@@ -690,7 +692,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
     ) throws IOException {
         writer.write(' ');
         UtfHelpper.writeByte(name, writer, cache);
-        writer.write(equalsStr);
+        writer.write(EQUALS_STR.clone());
         byte[] toWrite;
         final int length = value.length();
         int i = 0;
@@ -700,27 +702,27 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
             switch (c) {
 
             case '&' :
-                toWrite = AMP;
+                toWrite = AMP.clone();
                 break;
 
             case '<' :
-                toWrite = LT;
+                toWrite = LT.clone();
                 break;
 
             case '"' :
-                toWrite = QUOT;
+                toWrite = QUOT.clone();
                 break;
 
             case 0x09 :    // '\t'
-                toWrite = X9;
+                toWrite = X9.clone();
                 break;
 
             case 0x0A :    // '\n'
-                toWrite = XA;
+                toWrite = XA.clone();
                 break;
 
             case 0x0D :    // '\r'
-                toWrite = XD;
+                toWrite = XD.clone();
                 break;
 
             default :
@@ -750,7 +752,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
         if (position == NODE_AFTER_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT) {
             writer.write('\n');
         }
-        writer.write(BEGIN_PI);
+        writer.write(BEGIN_PI.clone());
 
         final String target = currentPI.getTarget();
         int length = target.length();
@@ -758,7 +760,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
             char c = target.charAt(i);
             if (c == 0x0D) {
-                writer.write(XD);
+                writer.write(XD.clone());
             } else {
                 if (c < 0x80) {
                     writer.write(c);
@@ -778,14 +780,14 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
             for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                 char c = data.charAt(i);
                 if (c == 0x0D) {
-                    writer.write(XD);
+                    writer.write(XD.clone());
                 } else {
                     UtfHelpper.writeCharToUtf8(c, writer);
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        writer.write(END_PI);
+        writer.write(END_PI.clone());
         if (position == NODE_BEFORE_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT) {
             writer.write('\n');
         }
@@ -804,7 +806,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
         if (position == NODE_AFTER_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT) {
             writer.write('\n');
         }
-        writer.write(BEGIN_COMM);
+        writer.write(BEGIN_COMM.clone());
 
         final String data = currentComment.getData();
         final int length = data.length();
@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
             char c = data.charAt(i);
             if (c == 0x0D) {
-                writer.write(XD);
+                writer.write(XD.clone());
             } else {
                 if (c < 0x80) {
                     writer.write(c);
@@ -822,7 +824,7 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
             }
         }
 
-        writer.write(END_COMM);
+        writer.write(END_COMM.clone());
         if (position == NODE_BEFORE_DOCUMENT_ELEMENT) {
             writer.write('\n');
         }
@@ -846,19 +848,19 @@ public abstract class CanonicalizerBase extends CanonicalizerSpi {
             switch (c) {
 
             case '&' :
-                toWrite = AMP;
+                toWrite = AMP.clone();
                 break;
 
             case '<' :
-                toWrite = LT;
+                toWrite = LT.clone();
                 break;
 
             case '>' :
-                toWrite = GT;
+                toWrite = GT.clone();
                 break;
 
             case 0xD :
-                toWrite = XD;
+                toWrite = XD.clone();
                 break;
 
             default :