diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55995220d..0ec07fc21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ test/gtest/src/gtest-stamp/Debug/gtest-build
 *.lib
 test/gtest/src/gtest-stamp/Debug/
 tools/assimp_view/assimp_viewer.vcxproj.user
+
+# Unix editor backups
+*~
diff --git a/code/3DSLoader.cpp b/code/3DSLoader.cpp
index 4f5614a00..6a51fb84f 100644
--- a/code/3DSLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/3DSLoader.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ void Discreet3DSImporter::InternReadFile( const std::string& pFile,
 	// file.
 	for (std::vector<D3DS::Mesh>::iterator i = mScene->mMeshes.begin(),
 		 end = mScene->mMeshes.end(); i != end;++i)	{
+		if ((*i).mFaces.size() > 0 && (*i).mPositions.size() == 0)	{
+			delete mScene;
+			throw DeadlyImportError("3DS file contains faces but no vertices: " + pFile);
+		}
 		CheckIndices(*i);
 		MakeUnique  (*i);
 		ComputeNormalsWithSmoothingsGroups<D3DS::Face>(*i);
@@ -944,6 +948,9 @@ void Discreet3DSImporter::ParseFaceChunk()
 		// This is the list of smoothing groups - a bitfield for every face. 
 		// Up to 32 smoothing groups assigned to a single face.
 		unsigned int num = chunkSize/4, m = 0;
+		if (num > mMesh.mFaces.size())	{
+			throw DeadlyImportError("3DS: More smoothing groups than faces");
+		}
 		for (std::vector<D3DS::Face>::iterator i =  mMesh.mFaces.begin(); m != num;++i, ++m)	{
 			// nth bit is set for nth smoothing group
 			(*i).iSmoothGroup = stream->GetI4();
diff --git a/code/LWOBLoader.cpp b/code/LWOBLoader.cpp
index cdbd9695f..6c9b0560a 100644
--- a/code/LWOBLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/LWOBLoader.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,15 @@ void LWOImporter::CountVertsAndFacesLWOB(unsigned int& verts, unsigned int& face
 	while (cursor < end && max--)
 	{
 		uint16_t numIndices;
+		// must have 2 shorts left for numIndices and surface
+		if (end - cursor < 2) {
+			throw DeadlyImportError("LWOB: Unexpected end of file");
+		}
 		::memcpy(&numIndices, cursor++, 2);
+		// must have enough left for indices and surface
+		if (end - cursor < (1 + numIndices)) {
+			throw DeadlyImportError("LWOB: Unexpected end of file");
+		}
 		verts += numIndices;
 		faces++;
 		cursor += numIndices;
diff --git a/code/LWOLoader.cpp b/code/LWOLoader.cpp
index 14a9f261f..355e21298 100644
--- a/code/LWOLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/LWOLoader.cpp
@@ -730,6 +730,11 @@ void LWOImporter::LoadLWOPoints(unsigned int length)
 	// --- this function is used for both LWO2 and LWOB but for
 	// LWO2 we need to allocate 25% more storage - it could be we'll 
 	// need to duplicate some points later.
+	const size_t vertexLen = 12;
+	if ((length % vertexLen) != 0)
+	{
+		throw DeadlyImportError( "LWO2: Points chunk length is not multiple of vertexLen (12)");
+	}
 	register unsigned int regularSize = (unsigned int)mCurLayer->mTempPoints.size() + length / 12;
 	if (mIsLWO2)
 	{
diff --git a/code/OFFLoader.cpp b/code/OFFLoader.cpp
index 23a1815c3..ca440a458 100644
--- a/code/OFFLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/OFFLoader.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ void OFFImporter::InternReadFile( const std::string& pFile,
 	const unsigned int numVertices = strtoul10(sz,&sz);SkipSpaces(&sz);
 	const unsigned int numFaces = strtoul10(sz,&sz);
 
+	if (!numVertices) {
+		throw DeadlyImportError("OFF: There are no valid vertices");
+	}
+	if (!numFaces) {
+		throw DeadlyImportError("OFF: There are no valid faces");
+	}
+
 	pScene->mMeshes = new aiMesh*[ pScene->mNumMeshes = 1 ];
 	aiMesh* mesh = pScene->mMeshes[0] = new aiMesh();
 	aiFace* faces = mesh->mFaces = new aiFace [mesh->mNumFaces = numFaces];
diff --git a/code/PlyLoader.cpp b/code/PlyLoader.cpp
index 104e194d9..d61c4e5a7 100644
--- a/code/PlyLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/PlyLoader.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ void PLYImporter::InternReadFile( const std::string& pFile,
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		delete[] this->mBuffer;
 		AI_DEBUG_INVALIDATE_PTR(this->mBuffer);
 		throw DeadlyImportError( "Invalid .ply file: Missing format specification");
 	}
diff --git a/code/STLLoader.cpp b/code/STLLoader.cpp
index 068008d9e..6fedcd34a 100644
--- a/code/STLLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/STLLoader.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ void STLImporter::LoadASCIIFile()
 	size_t temp;
 	// setup the name of the node
 	if ((temp = (size_t)(sz-szMe)))	{
+		if (temp >= MAXLEN) {
+			throw DeadlyImportError( "STL: Node name too long" );
+		}
 
 		pScene->mRootNode->mName.length = temp;
 		memcpy(pScene->mRootNode->mName.data,szMe,temp);
diff --git a/code/XFileParser.cpp b/code/XFileParser.cpp
index 36e70bc1c..a62aef414 100644
--- a/code/XFileParser.cpp
+++ b/code/XFileParser.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ XFileParser::XFileParser( const std::vector<char>& pBuffer)
 			AI_SWAP2(ofs); 
 			P += 4;
 
+			if (P + ofs > End + 2) {
+				throw DeadlyImportError("X: Unexpected EOF in compressed chunk");
+			}
+
 			// push data to the stream
 			stream.next_in   = (Bytef*)P;
 			stream.avail_in  = ofs;