diff --git a/MemoryModule.c b/MemoryModule.c
index cb888ed..c1cc9d6 100644
--- a/MemoryModule.c
+++ b/MemoryModule.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define GET_HEADER_DICTIONARY(module, idx)  &(module)->headers->OptionalHeader.DataDirectory[idx]
 #define ALIGN_DOWN(address, alignment)      (LPVOID)((uintptr_t)(address) & ~((alignment) - 1))
+#define ALIGN_VALUE_UP(value, alignment)    (((value) + (alignment) - 1) & ~((alignment) - 1))
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_OUTPUT
 static void
@@ -86,9 +87,19 @@ OutputLastError(const char *msg)
 #endif
 
 static BOOL
-CopySections(const unsigned char *data, PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS old_headers, PMEMORYMODULE module)
+CheckSize(size_t size, size_t expected) {
+    if (size < expected) {
+        SetLastError(ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+static BOOL
+CopySections(const unsigned char *data, size_t size, PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS old_headers, PMEMORYMODULE module)
 {
-    int i, size;
+    int i, section_size;
     unsigned char *codeBase = module->codeBase;
     unsigned char *dest;
     PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER section = IMAGE_FIRST_SECTION(module->headers);
@@ -96,10 +107,10 @@ CopySections(const unsigned char *data, PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS old_headers, PMEMORYMO
         if (section->SizeOfRawData == 0) {
             // section doesn't contain data in the dll itself, but may define
             // uninitialized data
-            size = old_headers->OptionalHeader.SectionAlignment;
-            if (size > 0) {
+            section_size = old_headers->OptionalHeader.SectionAlignment;
+            if (section_size > 0) {
                 dest = (unsigned char *)VirtualAlloc(codeBase + section->VirtualAddress,
-                    size,
+                    section_size,
                     MEM_COMMIT,
                     PAGE_READWRITE);
                 if (dest == NULL) {
@@ -110,13 +121,17 @@ CopySections(const unsigned char *data, PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS old_headers, PMEMORYMO
                 // than page size.
                 dest = codeBase + section->VirtualAddress;
                 section->Misc.PhysicalAddress = (DWORD) (uintptr_t) dest;
-                memset(dest, 0, size);
+                memset(dest, 0, section_size);
             }
 
             // section is empty
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (!CheckSize(size, section->PointerToRawData + section->SizeOfRawData)) {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+
         // commit memory block and copy data from dll
         dest = (unsigned char *)VirtualAlloc(codeBase + section->VirtualAddress,
                             section->SizeOfRawData,
@@ -285,7 +300,7 @@ ExecuteTLS(PMEMORYMODULE module)
 }
 
 static BOOL
-PerformBaseRelocation(PMEMORYMODULE module, SIZE_T delta)
+PerformBaseRelocation(PMEMORYMODULE module, ptrdiff_t delta)
 {
     unsigned char *codeBase = module->codeBase;
     PIMAGE_BASE_RELOCATION relocation;
@@ -428,30 +443,43 @@ static void _FreeLibrary(HCUSTOMMODULE module, void *userdata)
     FreeLibrary((HMODULE) module);
 }
 
-HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibrary(const void *data)
+HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibrary(const void *data, size_t size)
 {
-    return MemoryLoadLibraryEx(data, _LoadLibrary, _GetProcAddress, _FreeLibrary, NULL);
+    return MemoryLoadLibraryEx(data, size, _LoadLibrary, _GetProcAddress, _FreeLibrary, NULL);
 }
 
-HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *data,
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *data, size_t size,
     CustomLoadLibraryFunc loadLibrary,
     CustomGetProcAddressFunc getProcAddress,
     CustomFreeLibraryFunc freeLibrary,
     void *userdata)
 {
-    PMEMORYMODULE result;
+    PMEMORYMODULE result = NULL;
     PIMAGE_DOS_HEADER dos_header;
     PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS old_header;
     unsigned char *code, *headers;
-    SIZE_T locationDelta;
+    ptrdiff_t locationDelta;
     SYSTEM_INFO sysInfo;
+    PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER section;
+    DWORD i;
+    size_t optionalSectionSize;
+    size_t lastSectionEnd = 0;
+    size_t alignedImageSize;
 
+    if (!CheckSize(size, sizeof(IMAGE_DOS_HEADER))) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     dos_header = (PIMAGE_DOS_HEADER)data;
     if (dos_header->e_magic != IMAGE_DOS_SIGNATURE) {
         SetLastError(ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT);
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (!CheckSize(size, dos_header->e_lfanew + sizeof(IMAGE_NT_HEADERS))) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     old_header = (PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS)&((const unsigned char *)(data))[dos_header->e_lfanew];
     if (old_header->Signature != IMAGE_NT_SIGNATURE) {
         SetLastError(ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT);
@@ -473,18 +501,41 @@ HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *data,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    section = IMAGE_FIRST_SECTION(old_header);
+    optionalSectionSize = old_header->OptionalHeader.SectionAlignment;
+    for (i=0; i<old_header->FileHeader.NumberOfSections; i++, section++) {
+        size_t endOfSection;
+        if (section->SizeOfRawData == 0) {
+            // Section without data in the DLL
+            endOfSection = section->VirtualAddress + optionalSectionSize;
+        } else {
+            endOfSection = section->VirtualAddress + section->SizeOfRawData;
+        }
+
+        if (endOfSection > lastSectionEnd) {
+            lastSectionEnd = endOfSection;
+        }
+    }
+
+    GetNativeSystemInfo(&sysInfo);
+    alignedImageSize = ALIGN_VALUE_UP(old_header->OptionalHeader.SizeOfImage, sysInfo.dwPageSize);
+    if (alignedImageSize != ALIGN_VALUE_UP(lastSectionEnd, sysInfo.dwPageSize)) {
+        SetLastError(ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     // reserve memory for image of library
     // XXX: is it correct to commit the complete memory region at once?
     //      calling DllEntry raises an exception if we don't...
     code = (unsigned char *)VirtualAlloc((LPVOID)(old_header->OptionalHeader.ImageBase),
-        old_header->OptionalHeader.SizeOfImage,
+        alignedImageSize,
         MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT,
         PAGE_READWRITE);
 
     if (code == NULL) {
         // try to allocate memory at arbitrary position
         code = (unsigned char *)VirtualAlloc(NULL,
-            old_header->OptionalHeader.SizeOfImage,
+            alignedImageSize,
             MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT,
             PAGE_READWRITE);
         if (code == NULL) {
@@ -506,10 +557,12 @@ HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *data,
     result->getProcAddress = getProcAddress;
     result->freeLibrary = freeLibrary;
     result->userdata = userdata;
-
-    GetNativeSystemInfo(&sysInfo);
     result->pageSize = sysInfo.dwPageSize;
 
+    if (!CheckSize(size, old_header->OptionalHeader.SizeOfHeaders)) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     // commit memory for headers
     headers = (unsigned char *)VirtualAlloc(code,
         old_header->OptionalHeader.SizeOfHeaders,
@@ -524,12 +577,12 @@ HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *data,
     result->headers->OptionalHeader.ImageBase = (uintptr_t)code;
 
     // copy sections from DLL file block to new memory location
-    if (!CopySections((const unsigned char *) data, old_header, result)) {
+    if (!CopySections((const unsigned char *) data, size, old_header, result)) {
         goto error;
     }
 
     // adjust base address of imported data
-    locationDelta = (SIZE_T)(code - old_header->OptionalHeader.ImageBase);
+    locationDelta = (ptrdiff_t)(result->headers->OptionalHeader.ImageBase - old_header->OptionalHeader.ImageBase);
     if (locationDelta != 0) {
         result->isRelocated = PerformBaseRelocation(result, locationDelta);
     } else {
diff --git a/MemoryModule.h b/MemoryModule.h
index c19255c..2cd4867 100644
--- a/MemoryModule.h
+++ b/MemoryModule.h
@@ -44,19 +44,20 @@ typedef FARPROC (*CustomGetProcAddressFunc)(HCUSTOMMODULE, LPCSTR, void *);
 typedef void (*CustomFreeLibraryFunc)(HCUSTOMMODULE, void *);
 
 /**
- * Load EXE/DLL from memory location.
+ * Load EXE/DLL from memory location with the given size.
  *
  * All dependencies are resolved using default LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress
  * calls through the Windows API.
  */
-HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibrary(const void *);
+HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibrary(const void *, size_t);
 
 /**
- * Load EXE/DLL from memory location using custom dependency resolvers.
+ * Load EXE/DLL from memory location with the given size using custom dependency
+ * resolvers.
  *
  * Dependencies will be resolved using passed callback methods.
  */
-HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *,
+HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *, size_t,
     CustomLoadLibraryFunc,
     CustomGetProcAddressFunc,
     CustomFreeLibraryFunc,
diff --git a/doc/readme.rst b/doc/readme.rst
index 7e02c1b..ba6513c 100644
--- a/doc/readme.rst
+++ b/doc/readme.rst
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ The interface is very similar to the standard methods for loading of libraries::
 
     typedef void *HMEMORYMODULE;
 
-    HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibrary(const void *);
+    HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibrary(const void *, size_t);
     FARPROC MemoryGetProcAddress(HMEMORYMODULE, const char *);
     void MemoryFreeLibrary(HMEMORYMODULE);
 
diff --git a/example/DllLoader/DllLoader.cpp b/example/DllLoader/DllLoader.cpp
index fb41f76..8ca743f 100644
--- a/example/DllLoader/DllLoader.cpp
+++ b/example/DllLoader/DllLoader.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void LoadFromMemory(void)
     assert(read == static_cast<size_t>(size));
     fclose(fp);
 
-    handle = MemoryLoadLibrary(data);
+    handle = MemoryLoadLibrary(data, size);
     if (handle == NULL)
     {
         _tprintf(_T("Can't load library from memory.\n"));
diff --git a/example/DllLoader/DllLoaderLoader.cpp b/example/DllLoader/DllLoaderLoader.cpp
index 8c56413..0fe774e 100644
--- a/example/DllLoader/DllLoaderLoader.cpp
+++ b/example/DllLoader/DllLoaderLoader.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int RunFromMemory(void)
     assert(read == static_cast<size_t>(size));
     fclose(fp);
 
-    handle = MemoryLoadLibrary(data);
+    handle = MemoryLoadLibrary(data, size);
     if (handle == NULL)
     {
         _tprintf(_T("Can't load library from memory.\n"));
diff --git a/tests/LoadDll.cpp b/tests/LoadDll.cpp
index 81d4811..67b55d0 100644
--- a/tests/LoadDll.cpp
+++ b/tests/LoadDll.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ BOOL LoadFromMemory(char *filename)
     assert(read == static_cast<size_t>(size));
     fclose(fp);
 
-    handle = MemoryLoadLibrary(data);
+    handle = MemoryLoadLibrary(data, size);
     if (handle == NULL)
     {
         _tprintf(_T("Can't load library from memory.\n"));