diff --git a/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/Decode.pmod b/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/Decode.pmod
index b51e3c91e9500368e35d14b1deca646ac00aad6b..1c5bd61c560580af99e25a0e9f412baae5069722 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/Decode.pmod
+++ b/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/Decode.pmod
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ protected array(int) read_identifier(Stdio.Buffer data)
       constructed, tag, len);
 
   data = [object(Stdio.Buffer)]data->read_buffer(len);
+  data->set_error_mode(1);
 
   program(.Types.Object) p = types[ .Types.make_combined_tag(cls, tag) ];
 
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ mapping(int:program(.Types.Object)) universal_types =
 				mapping(int:program(.Types.Object))|void types)
 {
   types = types ? universal_types+types : universal_types;
-  Stdio.Buffer buf = Stdio.Buffer(data);
+  Stdio.Buffer buf = Stdio.Buffer(data)->set_error_mode(1);
   .Types.Object ret = der_decode(buf, types);
   if( sizeof(buf) ) return 0;
   return ret;
diff --git a/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/testsuite.in b/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/testsuite.in
index b07972ebf1a7f7dcb20b72c9ad8fa28f93a1364c..dc5a132e5c6cbda123e10cb70ffc188622c44690 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/testsuite.in
+++ b/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/ASN1.pmod/testsuite.in
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ test_do( add_constant("P", lambda(object o)
 
 test_eval_error(Standards.ASN1.Decode.simple_der_decode(""))
 
+test_eval_error(Standards.ASN1.Decode.simple_der_decode(""))
+test_eval_error(Standards.ASN1.Decode.secure_der_decode(""))
+
+test_eval_error(Standards.ASN1.Decode.simple_der_decode(String.hex2string("a2184515521e4c5d26f05590543c696ca2bd04b7754a18107d7f62744fbcb3a52ee80de3dca53339c3f6b2196afe3c540adfeb92686029f2")))
+test_eval_error(Standards.ASN1.Decode.secure_der_decode(String.hex2string("a2184515521e4c5d26f05590543c696ca2bd04b7754a18107d7f62744fbcb3a52ee80de3dca53339c3f6b2196afe3c540adfeb92686029f2")))
+
 define(test_decode,[[
   test_eq(P(Standards.ASN1.Decode.simple_der_decode(String.hex2string($1-" "))),$2)
   test_eq(Standards.ASN1.Decode.simple_der_decode(String.hex2string($1-" "))->get_der(),