diff --git a/libunwind/src/EHHeaderParser.hpp b/libunwind/src/EHHeaderParser.hpp
index ed4317c89055c..0662a1321e2c7 100644
--- a/libunwind/src/EHHeaderParser.hpp
+++ b/libunwind/src/EHHeaderParser.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ template <typename A>
 bool EHHeaderParser<A>::decodeEHHdr(A &addressSpace, pint_t ehHdrStart,
                                     pint_t ehHdrEnd, EHHeaderInfo &ehHdrInfo) {
   pint_t p = ehHdrStart;
+
+  // Ensure that we don't read data beyond the end of .eh_frame_hdr
+  if (ehHdrEnd - ehHdrStart < 4) {
+    // Don't print a message for an empty .eh_frame_hdr (this can happen if
+    // the linker script defines symbols for it even in the empty case).
+    if (ehHdrEnd == ehHdrStart)
+      return false;
+    _LIBUNWIND_LOG("unsupported .eh_frame_hdr at %" PRIx64
+                   ": need at least 4 bytes of data but only got %zd",
+                   static_cast<uint64_t>(ehHdrStart),
+                   static_cast<size_t>(ehHdrEnd - ehHdrStart));
+    return false;
+  }
   uint8_t version = addressSpace.get8(p++);
   if (version != 1) {
     _LIBUNWIND_LOG("unsupported .eh_frame_hdr version: %" PRIu8 " at %" PRIx64,