diff --git a/Tests/fonts/fuzz_font-5203009437302784 b/Tests/fonts/fuzz_font-5203009437302784
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0465e48c204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/fonts/fuzz_font-5203009437302784
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+STARTFONT
+FONT ÿ
+SIZE 10
+FONTBOUNDINGBOX
+CHARS
+STARTCHAR 
+ENCODING
+BBX 2 5
+ENDCHAR
+ENDFONT
diff --git a/Tests/oss-fuzz/test_fuzzers.py b/Tests/oss-fuzz/test_fuzzers.py
index 629e9ac00d4..dc111c38b36 100644
--- a/Tests/oss-fuzz/test_fuzzers.py
+++ b/Tests/oss-fuzz/test_fuzzers.py
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ def test_fuzz_fonts(path):
     with open(path, "rb") as f:
         try:
             fuzzers.fuzz_font(f.read())
-        except (Image.DecompressionBombError, Image.DecompressionBombWarning):
+        except (Image.DecompressionBombError, Image.DecompressionBombWarning, OSError):
             pass
         assert True
diff --git a/Tests/test_font_crash.py b/Tests/test_font_crash.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27663f396ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/test_font_crash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import pytest
+
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+
+from .helper import skip_unless_feature
+
+
+class TestFontCrash:
+    def _fuzz_font(self, font):
+        # from fuzzers.fuzz_font
+        font.getbbox("ABC")
+        font.getmask("test text")
+        with Image.new(mode="RGBA", size=(200, 200)) as im:
+            draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
+            draw.multiline_textbbox((10, 10), "ABC\nAaaa", font, stroke_width=2)
+            draw.text((10, 10), "Test Text", font=font, fill="#000")
+
+    @skip_unless_feature("freetype2")
+    def test_segfault(self):
+        with pytest.raises(OSError):
+            font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/fuzz_font-5203009437302784")
+            self._fuzz_font(font)
diff --git a/src/_imagingft.c b/src/_imagingft.c
index b52d6353ebc..0db17a5a6db 100644
--- a/src/_imagingft.c
+++ b/src/_imagingft.c
@@ -921,6 +921,12 @@ font_render(FontObject *self, PyObject *args) {
             yy = -(py + glyph_slot->bitmap_top);
         }
 
+        // Null buffer, is dereferenced in FT_Bitmap_Convert
+        if (!bitmap.buffer && bitmap.rows) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "Bitmap missing for glyph");
+            goto glyph_error;
+        }
+
         /* convert non-8bpp bitmaps */
         switch (bitmap.pixel_mode) {
             case FT_PIXEL_MODE_MONO: