diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/security/Signature.java b/src/share/classes/java/security/Signature.java
index 7c5bd96eb28460d66d01acb66e42f82293894456..939428412da9691ad59565706515021404bd42ba 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/security/Signature.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/security/Signature.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ public abstract class Signature extends SignatureSpi {
         if (outbuf == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("No output buffer given");
         }
+        if (offset < 0 || len < 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("offset or len is less than 0");
+        }
         if (outbuf.length - offset < len) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException
                 ("Output buffer too small for specified offset and length");
@@ -658,9 +661,16 @@ public abstract class Signature extends SignatureSpi {
     public final boolean verify(byte[] signature, int offset, int length)
         throws SignatureException {
         if (state == VERIFY) {
-            if ((signature == null) || (offset < 0) || (length < 0) ||
-                (length > signature.length - offset)) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bad arguments");
+            if (signature == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("signature is null");
+            }
+            if (offset < 0 || length < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException
+                    ("offset or length is less than 0");
+            }
+            if (signature.length - offset < length) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException
+                    ("signature too small for specified offset and length");
             }
 
             return engineVerify(signature, offset, length);
@@ -713,6 +723,16 @@ public abstract class Signature extends SignatureSpi {
     public final void update(byte[] data, int off, int len)
             throws SignatureException {
         if (state == SIGN || state == VERIFY) {
+            if (data == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("data is null");
+            }
+            if (off < 0 || len < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("off or len is less than 0");
+            }
+            if (data.length - off < len) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException
+                    ("data too small for specified offset and length");
+            }
             engineUpdate(data, off, len);
         } else {
             throw new SignatureException("object not initialized for "