diff --git a/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c b/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c
index 363f109d..503bed1f 100644
--- a/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c
+++ b/ext/json/ext/parser/parser.c
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ static inline char peek(JSON_ParserState *state)
 
 static void cursor_position(JSON_ParserState *state, long *line_out, long *column_out)
 {
+    JSON_ASSERT(state->cursor <= state->end);
+
+    // Redundant but helpful for hardening
+    if (RB_UNLIKELY(state->cursor > state->end)) {
+        state->cursor = state->end;
+    }
+
     const char *cursor = state->cursor;
     long column = 0;
     long line = 1;
@@ -1022,6 +1029,13 @@ ALWAYS_INLINE(static) bool string_scan(JSON_ParserState *state)
         }
         state->cursor++;
     }
+
+    // If the string ended with an unterminated escape sequence, we might
+    // have gone past the end.
+    if (RB_UNLIKELY(state->cursor > state->end)) {
+        state->cursor = state->end;
+    }
+
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/json/json_parser_test.rb b/test/json/json_parser_test.rb
index 1969e79b..292ca1a6 100644
--- a/test/json/json_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/json/json_parser_test.rb
@@ -545,22 +545,26 @@ def test_nesting
   end
 
   def test_backslash
+    assert_raise(JSON::ParserError) do
+      JSON.parse('"\\')
+    end
+
     data = [ '\\.(?i:gif|jpe?g|png)$' ]
     json = '["\\\\.(?i:gif|jpe?g|png)$"]'
     assert_equal data, parse(json)
-    #
+
     data = [ '\\"' ]
     json = '["\\\\\""]'
     assert_equal data, parse(json)
-    #
+
     json = '["/"]'
     data = [ '/' ]
     assert_equal data, parse(json)
-    #
+
     json = '["\""]'
     data = ['"']
     assert_equal data, parse(json)
-    #
+
     json = '["\\/"]'
     data = ["/"]
     assert_equal data, parse(json)