diff --git a/util/rlp/src/error.rs b/util/rlp/src/error.rs
index 6b15ea8a6d2..5113fdc17df 100644
--- a/util/rlp/src/error.rs
+++ b/util/rlp/src/error.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ pub enum DecoderError {
 	RlpInvalidIndirection,
 	/// Declared length is inconsistent with data specified after.
 	RlpInconsistentLengthAndData,
+	/// Declared length is invalid and results in overflow
+	RlpInvalidLength,
 	/// Custom rlp decoding error.
 	Custom(&'static str),
 }
diff --git a/util/rlp/src/untrusted_rlp.rs b/util/rlp/src/untrusted_rlp.rs
index 16714fe985e..41149606caf 100644
--- a/util/rlp/src/untrusted_rlp.rs
+++ b/util/rlp/src/untrusted_rlp.rs
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ impl<'a> BasicDecoder<'a> {
 				}
 				let len = decode_usize(&bytes[1..begin_of_value])?;
 
-				let last_index_of_value = begin_of_value + len;
+				let last_index_of_value = begin_of_value.checked_add(len)
+					.ok_or(DecoderError::RlpInvalidLength)?;
 				if bytes.len() < last_index_of_value {
 					return Err(DecoderError::RlpInconsistentLengthAndData);
 				}
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ impl<'a> BasicDecoder<'a> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-	use UntrustedRlp;
+	use {UntrustedRlp, DecoderError};
 
 	#[test]
 	fn test_rlp_display() {
@@ -394,4 +395,12 @@ mod tests {
 		let rlp = UntrustedRlp::new(&data);
 		assert_eq!(format!("{}", rlp), "[\"0x05\", \"0x010efbef67941f79b2\", \"0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421\", \"0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470\"]");
 	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn length_overflow() {
+		let bs = [0xbf, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xe5];
+		let rlp = UntrustedRlp::new(&bs);
+		let res: Result<u8, DecoderError> = rlp.as_val();
+		assert_eq!(Err(DecoderError::RlpInvalidLength), res);
+	}
 }