diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxy.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxy.java
index 2320ad7..daa16b3 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxy.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxy.java
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@
                 if (clazz != null) {
                     return clazz;
                 }
-            } catch (final Exception ignore) {
+            } catch (final Throwable ignore) {
+                // LOG4J2-832 catches Throwable instead of Exception 
                 // Ignore exception.
             }
         }
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxyOracleTest.java b/log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxyOracleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c35ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-core/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/impl/ThrowableProxyOracleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache license, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the license for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the license.
+ */
+package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+//TODO: How can we get Maven to compile this conditionally?
+//import sun.reflect.misc.MethodUtil;
+
+/**
+ * Depends on internal Oracle JRE classes.
+ * 
+ * TODO: How can we conditionally compile and run this class only on Oracle JREs?
+ * 
+ * @see "LOG4J2-832"
+ */
+public class ThrowableProxyOracleTest {
+
+    static class AlwaysThrowsException {
+        public void throwException() {
+            throw new IllegalStateException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invokes a method via reflection that always throws an exception. It is invoked by using the
+     * {@link sun.reflect.misc.MethodUtil} class which uses a hidden "trampoline" object to perform the invocation.
+     * <p>
+     * The logger must not fail when trying to use {@link ThrowableProxy} to inspect the frames of the stack trace.
+     * </p>
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testTrampolineException() {
+        try {
+            Method firstMethod = AlwaysThrowsException.class.getMethod("throwException");
+            // TODO: How can we get Maven to compile this conditionally?
+            // MethodUtil.invoke(firstMethod, new AlwaysThrowsException(), new Object[0]);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            // e.printStackTrace();
+            Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(getClass());
+            // Throws java.lang.Error if not fixed
+            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}