diff --git a/encoding/internal/wkbcommon/point.go b/encoding/internal/wkbcommon/point.go
index 1931ddb..28ed05a 100644
--- a/encoding/internal/wkbcommon/point.go
+++ b/encoding/internal/wkbcommon/point.go
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ func unmarshalPoints(order byteOrder, data []byte) ([]orb.Point, error) {
 	num := unmarshalUint32(order, data)
 	data = data[4:]
 
-	if len(data) < int(num*16) {
+	// Compute the required byte count in 64-bit space. num is a uint32 read
+	// directly from the input, so num*16 can overflow a uint32 (or a 32-bit
+	// int) and wrap to a small value, letting an undersized buffer slip past
+	// this guard and panic in the read loop below.
+	if uint64(len(data)) < uint64(num)*16 {
 		return nil, ErrNotWKB
 	}
 
diff --git a/encoding/wkb/line_string_test.go b/encoding/wkb/line_string_test.go
index 5029065..c1b2f0b 100644
--- a/encoding/wkb/line_string_test.go
+++ b/encoding/wkb/line_string_test.go
@@ -128,3 +128,20 @@ func TestMultiLineString(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLineString_pointCountOverflow(t *testing.T) {
+	// A crafted little-endian linestring header claims a point count whose
+	// byte size (count * 16) overflows a uint32 and wraps to a small value.
+	// Before the length check was done in 64-bit space this slipped past the
+	// bounds guard and read past the end of the buffer.
+	data := []byte{
+		0x01,                   // little endian
+		0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // type: linestring
+		0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, // point count 0x10000001; *16 wraps to 16 in uint32
+	}
+	data = append(data, make([]byte, 16)...) // only one point's worth of data
+
+	if _, err := Unmarshal(data); err != ErrNotWKB {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ErrNotWKB, got %v", err)
+	}
+}