diff --git a/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 306da37de..5a0e61adf 100644
--- a/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ members = ["."]
 [[bin]]
 name = "empty_message"
 path = "fuzz_targets/empty_message.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "empty_message_read"
+path = "fuzz_targets/empty_message_read.rs"
diff --git a/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/empty_message_read.rs b/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/empty_message_read.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9334a4a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf-fuzz/fuzz/fuzz_targets/empty_message_read.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#![no_main]
+#[macro_use] extern crate libfuzzer_sys;
+extern crate protobuf_fuzz;
+
+fuzz_target!(|data: &[u8]| {
+    protobuf_fuzz::fuzz_target_empty_message_read(data)
+});
diff --git a/protobuf-fuzz/src/lib.rs b/protobuf-fuzz/src/lib.rs
index f035c620f..01495eac0 100644
--- a/protobuf-fuzz/src/lib.rs
+++ b/protobuf-fuzz/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 extern crate protobuf;
 
+use std::io::BufReader;
+
 pub mod all_types_pb;
 
 pub fn fuzz_target_empty_message(bytes: &[u8]) {
     drop(protobuf::parse_from_bytes::<all_types_pb::EmptyMessage>(bytes));
 }
+
+pub fn fuzz_target_empty_message_read(bytes: &[u8]) {
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(bytes);
+    drop(protobuf::parse_from_reader::<all_types_pb::EmptyMessage>(&mut reader));
+}
diff --git a/protobuf/src/buf_read_iter.rs b/protobuf/src/buf_read_iter.rs
index 50823c660..4a997718f 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/buf_read_iter.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/buf_read_iter.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl<'ignore> BufReadIter<'ignore> {
             pos_within_buf: 0,
             limit_within_buf: bytes.len(),
             pos_of_buf_start: 0,
-            limit: bytes.len() as u64,
+            limit: NO_LIMIT,
         }
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl<'ignore> BufReadIter<'ignore> {
             pos_within_buf: 0,
             limit_within_buf: bytes.len(),
             pos_of_buf_start: 0,
-            limit: bytes.len() as u64,
+            limit: NO_LIMIT,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/protobuf/src/error.rs b/protobuf/src/error.rs
index 32e41a4a5..85af7f9a9 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/error.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/error.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub enum WireError {
     Utf8Error,
     InvalidEnumValue(i32),
     OverRecursionLimit,
+    TruncatedMessage,
     Other,
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ impl Error for ProtobufError {
                     WireError::IncompleteMap => "incomplete map",
                     WireError::UnexpectedEof => "unexpected EOF",
                     WireError::OverRecursionLimit => "over recursion limit",
+                    WireError::TruncatedMessage => "truncated message",
                     WireError::Other => "other error",
                 }
             }
diff --git a/protobuf/src/stream.rs b/protobuf/src/stream.rs
index c151a132a..52ffd32b1 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/stream.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/stream.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ const OUTPUT_STREAM_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 8 * 1024;
 // Default recursion level limit. 100 is the default value of C++'s implementation.
 const DEFAULT_RECURSION_LIMIT: u32 = 100;
 
+// Max allocated vec when reading length-delimited from unknown input stream
+const READ_RAW_BYTES_MAX_ALLOC: usize = 10_000_000;
+
 
 pub mod wire_format {
     // TODO: temporary
@@ -628,19 +631,30 @@ impl<'a> CodedInputStream<'a> {
 
         // TODO: also do some limits when reading from unlimited source
         if count as u64 > self.source.bytes_until_limit() {
-            return Err(ProtobufError::WireError(WireError::OverRecursionLimit));
+            return Err(ProtobufError::WireError(WireError::TruncatedMessage));
         }
 
         unsafe {
             target.set_len(0);
         }
-        target.reserve(count);
-        unsafe {
-            target.set_len(count);
+
+        if count >= READ_RAW_BYTES_MAX_ALLOC {
+            // avoid calling `reserve` on buf with very large buffer: could be a malformed message
+
+            let mut take = self.by_ref().take(count as u64);
+            take.read_to_end(target)?;
+
+            if target.len() != count {
+                return Err(ProtobufError::WireError(WireError::TruncatedMessage));
+            }
+        } else {
+            target.reserve(count);
+            unsafe {
+                target.set_len(count);
+            }
+
+            self.source.read_exact(target)?;
         }
-        // () is here to make sure correct overload is called
-        // TODO: rename `read` function
-        let () = self.read(target)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -1266,6 +1280,7 @@ mod test {
     use super::wire_format;
     use super::CodedInputStream;
     use super::CodedOutputStream;
+    use super::READ_RAW_BYTES_MAX_ALLOC;
 
     fn test_read_partial<F>(hex: &str, mut callback: F)
     where
@@ -1436,6 +1451,32 @@ mod test {
         });
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_input_stream_read_raw_bytes_into_huge() {
+        let mut v = Vec::new();
+        for i in 0..READ_RAW_BYTES_MAX_ALLOC + 1000 {
+            v.push((i % 10) as u8);
+        }
+
+        let mut slice: &[u8] = v.as_slice();
+
+        let mut is = CodedInputStream::new(&mut slice);
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+
+        is.read_raw_bytes_into(READ_RAW_BYTES_MAX_ALLOC as u32 + 10, &mut buf).expect("read");
+
+        assert_eq!(READ_RAW_BYTES_MAX_ALLOC + 10, buf.len());
+
+        buf.clear();
+
+        is.read_raw_bytes_into(1000 - 10, &mut buf).expect("read");
+
+        assert_eq!(1000 - 10, buf.len());
+
+        assert!(is.eof().expect("eof"));
+    }
+
     fn test_write<F>(expected: &str, mut gen: F)
     where
         F : FnMut(&mut CodedOutputStream) -> ProtobufResult<()>,