josm.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError when importing image using ImportImagePlugin

[MikeN]

When trying to open a GeoTIF which had been used by an older version of JOSM, I get an exception:

Repository Root: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn
Build-Date: 2013-08-07 01:35:24
Last Changed Author: Don-vip
Revision: 6115
Repository UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
URL: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Last Changed Date: 2013-08-07 00:04:24 +0200 (Wed, 07 Aug 2013)
Last Changed Rev: 6115

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (6115 en) Windows 7 64-Bit
Memory Usage: 328 MB / 3640 MB (196 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 1.7.0_25, Oracle Corporation, Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
VM arguments: [-Djosm.home=./Settings-Tested, -Xmx4096M]

Plugin: AddrInterpolation (29778)
Plugin: ImportImagePlugin (29805)
Plugin: editgpx (29596)
Plugin: geotools (29767)
Plugin: jts (29613)
Plugin: log4j (29853)
Plugin: measurement (29750)
Plugin: notes (0.3-8-g03135df)
Plugin: public_transport (29784)
Plugin: reverter (29771)
Plugin: turnrestrictions (29435)
Plugin: utilsplugin2 (29771)

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.ImportImagePlugin.ImageLayer.createImage(ImageLayer.java:153)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.ImportImagePlugin.ImageLayer.<init>(ImageLayer.java:76)
	at org.openstreetmap.josm.plugins.ImportImagePlugin.LoadImageAction.actionPerformed(LoadImageAction.java:47)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: vendorName == null!
	at javax.imageio.spi.IIOServiceProvider.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderWriterSpi.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at javax.imageio.spi.ImageWriterSpi.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.media.imageioimpl.plugins.jpeg.CLibJPEGImageWriterSpi.<init>(CLibJPEGImageWriterSpi.java:84)
	at org.geotools.image.ImageWorker.<clinit>(ImageWorker.java:153)
	... 42 more

[MikeN]

JOSM Console log, which may point to the actual error

[skyper]

Closed as duplicate of #8583.