@@ -2002,10 +2002,13 @@
 		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 		return @"";
 	}
 
+	if (length - 1 > SSIZE_MAX)
+		@throw [OFOutOfRangeException exception];
+
 	for (i = length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		if (OF_IS_PATH_DELIMITER(characters[i])) {
 			i++;
 			break;
 		}