Java BufferedArrayOutputStream leaks in memory

I made a new question because this is different from my last thread. I now know what th e problem is more exact.

I create a new bytearrayoutputstream

ByteArrayOutputStream byteArray = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

Nothing special.

Then, when I write an image to it, this way

ImageIO.write(image, "gif", byteArray);

the memory increases like 100 mb first, not in eclipse, but in "reality". Then it slowly increases after that each time I write a new image to that stream OR another!!

and after a while it stops working and kinda crashes.

I have tried closing it and all that, flushing, reseting, everything, but it still leaks memory. I want it to get away from memory when I stop using byteArray or null it.

System.gc();

wont help in this case.

Please help me and anything else you need to know I will answer and please return and reply back :)