diff --git a/changes/1477-samuelcolvin.md b/changes/1477-samuelcolvin.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..816460f8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1477-samuelcolvin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Prevent long (length > `4_300`) strings/bytes as input to int fields, see 
+[python/cpython#95778](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/95778) and 
+[CVE-2020-10735](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10735)
diff --git a/pydantic/validators.py b/pydantic/validators.py
index 1c19fc9239..fb6d041883 100644
--- a/pydantic/validators.py
+++ b/pydantic/validators.py
@@ -120,10 +120,23 @@ def bool_validator(v: Any) -> bool:
     raise errors.BoolError()
 
 
+# matches the default limit cpython, see https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/96500
+max_str_int = 4_300
+
+
 def int_validator(v: Any) -> int:
     if isinstance(v, int) and not (v is True or v is False):
         return v
 
+    # see https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/issues/1477 and in turn, https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/95778
+    # this check should be unnecessary once patch releases are out for 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10
+    # but better to check here until then.
+    # NOTICE: this does not fully protect user from the DOS risk since the standard library JSON implementation
+    # (and other std lib modules like xml) use `int()` and are likely called before this, the best workaround is to
+    # 1. update to the latest patch release of python once released, 2. use a different JSON library like ujson
+    if isinstance(v, (str, bytes, bytearray)) and len(v) > max_str_int:
+        raise errors.IntegerError()
+
     try:
         return int(v)
     except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError):
diff --git a/tests/test_edge_cases.py b/tests/test_edge_cases.py
index 002abd9dcb..799dd0bff4 100644
--- a/tests/test_edge_cases.py
+++ b/tests/test_edge_cases.py
@@ -2038,3 +2038,38 @@ class Custom:
         __fields__ = True
 
     assert not issubclass(Custom, BaseModel)
+
+
+def test_long_int():
+    """
+    see https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/issues/1477 and in turn, https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/95778
+    """
+
+    class Model(BaseModel):
+        x: int
+
+    assert Model(x='1' * 4_300).x == int('1' * 4_300)
+    assert Model(x=b'1' * 4_300).x == int('1' * 4_300)
+    assert Model(x=bytearray(b'1' * 4_300)).x == int('1' * 4_300)
+
+    too_long = '1' * 4_301
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        Model(x=too_long)
+
+    assert exc_info.value.errors() == [
+        {
+            'loc': ('x',),
+            'msg': 'value is not a valid integer',
+            'type': 'type_error.integer',
+        },
+    ]
+
+    too_long_b = too_long.encode('utf-8')
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        Model(x=too_long_b)
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        Model(x=bytearray(too_long_b))
+
+    # this used to hang indefinitely
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        Model(x='1' * (10**7))