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According to

 \[[JLS 05|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\] Section 11.2:

"The unchecked exceptions classes are the class RuntimeException and its subclasses, and the class Error and its subclasses. All other exception classes are checked exception classes."

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public class StackOverflow {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    infiniteRun();
    System.out.println("Continuing...");
  }
    
  private static void infiniteRun() {
    try {
      infiniteRun();
    }catch(Throwable t) {
      System.out.println("Handling error...");
      //free cache, release resources and log error to file
    }
  }
}

Risk Assessment

TODOAllowing a system error to propagate right out of a Java program may result in a denial-of-service attack.

Automated Detection

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Search for vulnerabilities resulting from the violation of this rule on the CERT website.

References

\[[Kalinovsky 04|AA. Java References#Kalinovsky 04]\] Chapter 16, Intercepting Control Flow - Intercepting System Errors
\[[JLS 05|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\] Section 11.2, Compile-Time Checking of 

Exceptions