diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ErrorHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ErrorHandler.php
index eed05c191f..0dcb8f1949 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Debug;
 use Psr\Log\LogLevel;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\ContextErrorException;
-use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalBaseException;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException;
+use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\OutOfMemoryException;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\FatalErrorHandler\UndefinedFunctionFatalErrorHandler;
 use Symfony\Component\Debug\FatalErrorHandler\UndefinedMethodFatalErrorHandler;
@@ -431,15 +431,15 @@ class ErrorHandler
     /**
      * Handles an exception by logging then forwarding it to an other handler.
      *
-     * @param \Exception|\BaseException $exception An exception to handle
-     * @param array                     $error     An array as returned by error_get_last()
+     * @param \Exception|\Throwable $exception An exception to handle
+     * @param array                 $error     An array as returned by error_get_last()
      *
      * @internal
      */
     public function handleException($exception, array $error = null)
     {
         if (!$exception instanceof \Exception) {
-            $exception = new FatalBaseException($exception);
+            $exception = new FatalThrowableError($exception);
         }
         $type = $exception instanceof FatalErrorException ? $exception->getSeverity() : E_ERROR;
 
@@ -451,15 +451,17 @@ class ErrorHandler
                 'level' => error_reporting(),
                 'stack' => $exception->getTrace(),
             );
-            if ($exception instanceof FatalBaseException) {
-                $error = array(
-                    'type' => $type,
-                    'message' => $message = $exception->getMessage(),
-                    'file' => $e['file'],
-                    'line' => $e['line'],
-                );
-            } elseif ($exception instanceof FatalErrorException) {
-                $message = 'Fatal '.$exception->getMessage();
+            if ($exception instanceof FatalErrorException) {
+                if ($exception instanceof FatalThrowableError) {
+                    $error = array(
+                        'type' => $type,
+                        'message' => $message = $exception->getMessage(),
+                        'file' => $e['file'],
+                        'line' => $e['line'],
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    $message = 'Fatal '.$exception->getMessage();
+                }
             } elseif ($exception instanceof \ErrorException) {
                 $message = 'Uncaught '.$exception->getMessage();
                 if ($exception instanceof ContextErrorException) {
@@ -486,9 +488,9 @@ class ErrorHandler
         try {
             call_user_func($this->exceptionHandler, $exception);
         } catch (\Exception $handlerException) {
-            $this->exceptionHandler = null;
-            $this->handleException($handlerException);
-        } catch (\BaseException $handlerException) {
+        } catch (\Throwable $handlerException) {
+        }
+        if (isset($handlerException)) {
             $this->exceptionHandler = null;
             $this->handleException($handlerException);
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/Exception/FatalBaseException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/Exception/FatalThrowableError.php
similarity index 79%
rename from src/Symfony/Component/Debug/Exception/FatalBaseException.php
rename to src/Symfony/Component/Debug/Exception/FatalThrowableError.php
index 769d30ccb1..6ff5ecdaff 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/Exception/FatalBaseException.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/Exception/FatalThrowableError.php
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception;
 
 /**
- * Base Fatal Error Exception.
+ * Fatal Throwable Error.
  *
  * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
  */
-class FatalBaseException extends FatalErrorException
+class FatalThrowableError extends FatalErrorException
 {
-    public function __construct(\BaseException $e)
+    public function __construct(\Throwable $e)
     {
-        if ($e instanceof \ParseException) {
+        if ($e instanceof \ParseError) {
             $message = 'Parse error: '.$e->getMessage();
             $severity = E_PARSE;
-        } elseif ($e instanceof \TypeException) {
+        } elseif ($e instanceof \TypeError) {
             $message = 'Type error: '.$e->getMessage();
             $severity = E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/ExceptionCaster.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/ExceptionCaster.php
index 7991499c84..e296cf9746 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/ExceptionCaster.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Caster/ExceptionCaster.php
@@ -40,27 +40,14 @@ class ExceptionCaster
         E_STRICT => 'E_STRICT',
     );
 
+    public static function castError(\Error $e, array $a, Stub $stub, $isNested)
+    {
+        return $e instanceof \Exception ? $a : self::filterExceptionArray($a, "\0Error\0");
+    }
+
     public static function castException(\Exception $e, array $a, Stub $stub, $isNested)
     {
-        $xPrefix = PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70000 ? "\0BaseException\0" : "\0Exception\0";
-        if (isset($a[$xPrefix.'trace'])) {
-            $trace = $a[$xPrefix.'trace'];
-            unset($a[$xPrefix.'trace']); // Ensures the trace is always last
-        } else {
-            $trace = array();
-        }
-
-        static::filterTrace($trace, static::$traceArgs);
-
-        if (null !== $trace) {
-            $a[$xPrefix.'trace'] = $trace;
-        }
-        if (empty($a[$xPrefix.'previous'])) {
-            unset($a[$xPrefix.'previous']);
-        }
-        unset($a[$xPrefix.'string'], $a["\0+\0xdebug_message"], $a["\0+\0__destructorException"]);
-
-        return $a;
+        return self::filterExceptionArray($a, "\0Exception\0");
     }
 
     public static function castErrorException(\ErrorException $e, array $a, Stub $stub, $isNested)
@@ -75,7 +62,7 @@ class ExceptionCaster
     public static function castThrowingCasterException(ThrowingCasterException $e, array $a, Stub $stub, $isNested)
     {
         $prefix = "\0*\0";
-        $xPrefix = PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70000 ? "\0BaseException\0" : "\0Exception\0";
+        $xPrefix = "\0Exception\0";
 
         if (isset($a[$xPrefix.'previous'], $a[$xPrefix.'trace'][0])) {
             $b = (array) $a[$xPrefix.'previous'];
@@ -123,4 +110,26 @@ class ExceptionCaster
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private static function filterExceptionArray(array $a, $xPrefix)
+    {
+        if (isset($a[$xPrefix.'trace'])) {
+            $trace = $a[$xPrefix.'trace'];
+            unset($a[$xPrefix.'trace']); // Ensures the trace is always last
+        } else {
+            $trace = array();
+        }
+
+        static::filterTrace($trace, static::$traceArgs);
+
+        if (null !== $trace) {
+            $a[$xPrefix.'trace'] = $trace;
+        }
+        if (empty($a[$xPrefix.'previous'])) {
+            unset($a[$xPrefix.'previous']);
+        }
+        unset($a[$xPrefix.'string'], $a["\0+\0xdebug_message"], $a["\0+\0__destructorException"]);
+
+        return $a;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/AbstractCloner.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/AbstractCloner.php
index 5d582b449f..6e719423d9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/AbstractCloner.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/AbstractCloner.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCloner implements ClonerInterface
 
         'ErrorException' => 'Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Caster\ExceptionCaster::castErrorException',
         'Exception' => 'Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Caster\ExceptionCaster::castException',
+        'Error' => 'Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Caster\ExceptionCaster::castError',
         'Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface' => 'Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Caster\StubCaster::cutInternals',
         'Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Exception\ThrowingCasterException' => 'Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Caster\ExceptionCaster::castThrowingCasterException',