diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c b/wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c
index 1376cff2a03..464cf454727 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c
@@ -9487,6 +9487,13 @@ int wc_ecc_import_point_der_ex(const byte* in, word32 inLen,
     keysize = (int)(inLen>>1);
 #endif
 
+    /* sanity check that x coordinate is expected size */
+    if (err == MP_OKAY) {
+        if (keysize != ecc_sets[curve_idx].size) {
+            err = ECC_BAD_ARG_E;
+        }
+    }
+
     /* read data */
     if (err == MP_OKAY)
         err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(point->x, in, (word32)keysize);
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/test/test.c b/wolfcrypt/test/test.c
index aafa17187d3..0f75cdf1a11 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/test/test.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/test/test.c
@@ -35072,6 +35072,32 @@ static wc_test_ret_t ecc_point_test(void)
 
 #if defined(HAVE_COMP_KEY) && (!defined(HAVE_FIPS) && !defined(HAVE_SELFTEST) || \
     (defined(HAVE_FIPS_VERSION) && (HAVE_FIPS_VERSION > 2)))
+    /* Test compressed point with missing x coordinate bytes */
+    ret = wc_ecc_import_point_der(derComp0, 1, curve_idx, point3);
+    if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(ECC_BAD_ARG_E)) {
+        ret = WC_TEST_RET_ENC_EC(ret);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    ret = wc_ecc_import_point_der(derComp1, 1, curve_idx, point3);
+    if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(ECC_BAD_ARG_E)) {
+        ret = WC_TEST_RET_ENC_EC(ret);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /* Full uncompressed P-256 length (65 bytes) but invalid prefix byte */
+    {
+        byte invalidType[65];
+        XMEMSET(invalidType, 0x42, sizeof(invalidType));
+        invalidType[0] = 0x01;
+        ret = wc_ecc_import_point_der_ex(invalidType, sizeof(invalidType),
+                                         curve_idx, point3, 0);
+        if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(ASN_PARSE_E)) {
+            ret = WC_TEST_RET_ENC_EC(ret);
+            goto done;
+        }
+    }
+
     ret = wc_ecc_import_point_der(derComp0, sizeof(derComp0)*2-1, curve_idx, point3);
     if (ret != 0)
         ERROR_OUT(WC_TEST_RET_ENC_EC(ret), done);