diff --git a/lib/component.c b/lib/component.c
index ee07d013..89d2bd21 100644
--- a/lib/component.c
+++ b/lib/component.c
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ UnshieldComponent* unshield_component_new(Header* header, uint32_t offset)
 
   self->file_group_count = READ_UINT16(p); p += 2;
   if (self->file_group_count > MAX_FILE_GROUP_COUNT)
-    abort();
+  {
+    UNSHIELD_THROW_EXCEPTION(&header->exception, "file_group_count > MAX_FILE_GROUP_COUNT");
+  }
 
   self->file_group_names = NEW(const char*, self->file_group_count);
 
diff --git a/lib/helper.c b/lib/helper.c
index 6de22b96..41312192 100644
--- a/lib/helper.c
+++ b/lib/helper.c
@@ -174,11 +174,17 @@ bool unshield_read_common_header(uint8_t** buffer, CommonHeader* common)
   */
 uint8_t* unshield_header_get_buffer(Header* header, uint32_t offset)
 {
-  if (offset)
-    return 
+  if (offset){
+    if (header->common.cab_descriptor_offset + offset > header->size)
+    {
+      UNSHIELD_THROW_EXCEPTION(&header->exception, "cab_descriptor_offset + offset > header->size");
+    }
+
+    return
       header->data +
       header->common.cab_descriptor_offset +
       offset;
+  }
   else
     return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal.h b/lib/internal.h
index 8120475e..ddf1fd20 100644
--- a/lib/internal.h
+++ b/lib/internal.h
@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <setjmp.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>  /* for FILE */
 
 #include "cabfile.h"
 
+typedef struct _Exception Exception;
+
+struct _Exception
+{
+    jmp_buf   environment;
+    const char* function;
+    int line;
+    const char* message;
+};
+
 typedef struct _StringBuffer StringBuffer;
 
 struct _StringBuffer
@@ -28,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct _Header Header;
 
 struct _Header
 {
+  Exception exception;
   Header*   next;
   int       index;
   uint8_t*  data;
@@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ UnshieldComponent* unshield_component_new(Header* header, uint32_t offset);
 void unshield_component_destroy(UnshieldComponent* self);
 
 
-/* 
+/*
    Internal file group functions
  */
 
@@ -84,6 +96,19 @@ const char* unshield_header_get_string(Header* header, uint32_t offset);
 uint8_t* unshield_header_get_buffer(Header* header, uint32_t offset);
 
 
+#define UNSHIELD_HANDLE_EXCEPTION(e) (setjmp(e.environment) != 0)
+
+static inline void _unshield_throw_exception(Exception* exception, const char* function, int line, const char* message)
+{
+    exception->function = function;
+    exception->line = line;
+    exception->message = message;
+    longjmp(exception->environment, 1);
+}
+
+#define UNSHIELD_THROW_EXCEPTION(exception, message) { _unshield_throw_exception(exception, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, message); }
+
+
 /*
    Constants
  */
diff --git a/lib/libunshield.c b/lib/libunshield.c
index f9531162..1f2a7b82 100644
--- a/lib/libunshield.c
+++ b/lib/libunshield.c
@@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ static bool unshield_read_headers(Unshield* unshield, int version)/*{{{*/
       Header* header = NEW1(Header);
       header->index = i;
 
+      if (UNSHIELD_HANDLE_EXCEPTION(header->exception)) {
+        unshield_error("An exception occurred while reading .hdr file %i: [%s:%i] %s",
+                       i, header->exception.function, header->exception.line, header->exception.message);
+        goto error;
+      }
+
       header->size = FSIZE(file);
       if (header->size < 4)
       {
diff --git a/test/bugs/debian-776238/data1.cab b/test/bugs/debian-776238/data1.cab
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57dd88cd
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/bugs/debian-776238/data1.cab differ
diff --git a/test/bugs/debian-776238/data1.hdr b/test/bugs/debian-776238/data1.hdr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c58ad7f7
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/bugs/debian-776238/data1.hdr differ
diff --git a/test/bugs/debian-776238/debian-776238.sh b/test/bugs/debian-776238/debian-776238.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8fb3b4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/debian-776238/debian-776238.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+cd `dirname $0`
+MD5_FILE=`pwd`/`basename $0 .sh`.md5
+CAB_FILE=`pwd`/data1.cab
+UNSHIELD=${UNSHIELD:-/var/tmp/unshield/bin/unshield}
+
+if [ \! -x ${UNSHIELD} ]; then
+    echo "unshield executable not found at $UNSHIELD" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DIR=`mktemp -d`
+#trap 'rm -rf ${DIR}' TERM INT EXIT
+cd ${DIR}
+
+set +e
+rm -f /tmp/moo 
+
+timeout 10 ${UNSHIELD} -d extract1 x "$CAB_FILE" > log1 2>&1
+CODE=$?
+if [ -e /tmp/moo ]; then
+    cat log1 >&2
+    echo "unshield vulnerable to CVE-2015-1386" >&2
+    echo "See https://github.com/twogood/unshield/issues/42" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ ${CODE} -ne 1 ]; then
+    cat log1 >&2
+    echo "unshield should have failed with error 1 but was $CODE" >&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/test/bugs/debian-776239/data1.cab b/test/bugs/debian-776239/data1.cab
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57dd88cd
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/bugs/debian-776239/data1.cab differ
diff --git a/test/bugs/debian-776239/data1.hdr b/test/bugs/debian-776239/data1.hdr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85d74b2d
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/bugs/debian-776239/data1.hdr differ
diff --git a/test/bugs/debian-776239/debian-776239.sh b/test/bugs/debian-776239/debian-776239.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8fb3b4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/debian-776239/debian-776239.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+cd `dirname $0`
+MD5_FILE=`pwd`/`basename $0 .sh`.md5
+CAB_FILE=`pwd`/data1.cab
+UNSHIELD=${UNSHIELD:-/var/tmp/unshield/bin/unshield}
+
+if [ \! -x ${UNSHIELD} ]; then
+    echo "unshield executable not found at $UNSHIELD" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DIR=`mktemp -d`
+#trap 'rm -rf ${DIR}' TERM INT EXIT
+cd ${DIR}
+
+set +e
+rm -f /tmp/moo 
+
+timeout 10 ${UNSHIELD} -d extract1 x "$CAB_FILE" > log1 2>&1
+CODE=$?
+if [ -e /tmp/moo ]; then
+    cat log1 >&2
+    echo "unshield vulnerable to CVE-2015-1386" >&2
+    echo "See https://github.com/twogood/unshield/issues/42" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ ${CODE} -ne 1 ]; then
+    cat log1 >&2
+    echo "unshield should have failed with error 1 but was $CODE" >&2
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+exit 0