diff --git a/src/Io/LineSeparatedReader.php b/src/Io/LineSeparatedReader.php
index 8088867..9c18e37 100644
--- a/src/Io/LineSeparatedReader.php
+++ b/src/Io/LineSeparatedReader.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class LineSeparatedReader extends EventEmitter implements ReadableStreamInterfac
     private $stream;
     private $buffer = '';
     private $closed = false;
+    private $maxlength = 65536;
 
     public function __construct(ReadableStreamInterface $stream)
     {
@@ -53,12 +54,16 @@ public function handleData($chunk)
     {
         $this->buffer .= $chunk;
 
-        while (($pos = strpos($this->buffer, "\n")) !== false) {
+        while (($pos = strpos($this->buffer, "\n")) !== false && $pos <= $this->maxlength) {
             $chunk = rtrim(substr($this->buffer, 0, $pos), "\r\n");
             $this->buffer = (string)substr($this->buffer, $pos + 1);
 
             $this->emit('data', array($chunk));
         }
+
+        if (isset($this->buffer[$this->maxlength])) {
+            $this->handleError(new \OverflowException('Buffer size exceeded'));
+        }
     }
 
     public function handleEnd()
diff --git a/src/SshProcessConnector.php b/src/SshProcessConnector.php
index 372e892..3b6e691 100644
--- a/src/SshProcessConnector.php
+++ b/src/SshProcessConnector.php
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ public function connect($uri)
             $connected = true;
         });
 
+        // terminate process if STDERR fails, e.g. because of excessive line length
+        $stderr->on('error', function (\Exception $e) use ($process, &$last) {
+            $last = $e->getMessage();
+            $process->terminate();
+        });
+
         // If STDERR closes before connection was established, explicitly close STDOUT stream.
         // The STDOUT stream starts in a paused state and as such will prevent the process exit
         // logic from triggering when it is not resumed.
diff --git a/src/SshSocksConnector.php b/src/SshSocksConnector.php
index ffff526..6a7197e 100644
--- a/src/SshSocksConnector.php
+++ b/src/SshSocksConnector.php
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ private function listen()
             }
         });
 
+        // terminate process if STDERR fails, e.g. because of excessive line length
+        $stderr->on('error', function (\Exception $e) use ($process, &$last) {
+            $last = $e->getMessage();
+            $process->terminate();
+        });
+
         $process->on('exit', function ($code) use ($deferred, &$last) {
             $deferred->reject(new \RuntimeException(
                 $last,
diff --git a/tests/IntegrationSshProcessConnectorTest.php b/tests/IntegrationSshProcessConnectorTest.php
index 25551d1..0ad2061 100644
--- a/tests/IntegrationSshProcessConnectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/IntegrationSshProcessConnectorTest.php
@@ -74,6 +74,22 @@ public function testConnectCancellationWillRejectWithException()
         Loop::run();
     }
 
+    public function testConnectWillRejectWithExceptionAndTerminateProcessWhenProcessOutputsLineExceedingMaximumBufferSize()
+    {
+        $connector = new SshProcessConnector('host');
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($connector, 'cmd');
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80100) {
+            $ref->setAccessible(true);
+        }
+        $ref->setValue($connector, 'head -c 70000 /dev/zero | tr "\0" a >&2; exec sleep 10; #');
+
+        $promise = $connector->connect('example.com:80');
+
+        $this->setExpectedException('RuntimeException', 'Connection to example.com:80 failed because SSH client died (Buffer size exceeded)');
+        \React\Async\await($promise);
+    }
+
     public function testConnectWillResolveWithConnectionThatWillEmitImmediateDataFromProcessStdoutAfterChannelOpenConfirmMessage()
     {
         $connector = new SshProcessConnector('host');
diff --git a/tests/IntegrationSshSocksConnectorTest.php b/tests/IntegrationSshSocksConnectorTest.php
index 87681c6..aeb16ea 100644
--- a/tests/IntegrationSshSocksConnectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/IntegrationSshSocksConnectorTest.php
@@ -117,4 +117,20 @@ public function testConnectWillRejectWithExceptionAndTerminateIdleProcessWhenSoc
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\ChildProcess\Process', $process);
         $this->assertTrue($process->isTerminated());
     }
+
+    public function testConnectWillRejectWithExceptionAndTerminateProcessWhenProcessOutputsLineExceedingMaximumBufferSize()
+    {
+        $connector = new SshSocksConnector('host');
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($connector, 'cmd');
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80100) {
+            $ref->setAccessible(true);
+        }
+        $ref->setValue($connector, 'head -c 70000 /dev/zero | tr "\0" a >&2; exec sleep 10; #');
+
+        $promise = $connector->connect('example.com:80');
+
+        $this->setExpectedException('RuntimeException', 'Connection to example.com:80 failed because SSH client process died (Buffer size exceeded)');
+        \React\Async\await($promise);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Io/LineSeparatedReaderTest.php b/tests/Io/LineSeparatedReaderTest.php
index 39ecaa1..cfb5ffc 100644
--- a/tests/Io/LineSeparatedReaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Io/LineSeparatedReaderTest.php
@@ -36,6 +36,54 @@ public function testStreamDataWillEmitDataBehindNewlineWhenDataContainsDataBehin
         $input->write("hello!\nignored");
     }
 
+    public function testStreamDataWillEmitDataWhenDataContainsNewlineAtMaximumBufferSize()
+    {
+        $input = new ThroughStream();
+        $stream = new LineSeparatedReader($input);
+
+        $stream->on('data', $this->expectCallableOnceWith(str_repeat('a', 65536)));
+        $stream->on('error', $this->expectCallableNever());
+
+        $input->write(str_repeat('a', 65536));
+        $input->write("\n");
+    }
+
+    public function testStreamDataWillEmitErrorAndCloseWhenDataExceedsMaximumBufferSize()
+    {
+        $input = new ThroughStream();
+        $stream = new LineSeparatedReader($input);
+
+        $stream->on('data', $this->expectCallableNever());
+        $stream->on('error', $this->expectCallableOnceWith($this->isInstanceOf('OverflowException')));
+        $stream->on('close', $this->expectCallableOnce());
+
+        $input->write(str_repeat('a', 40000));
+        $input->write(str_repeat('a', 40000));
+    }
+
+    public function testStreamDataWillEmitErrorAndCloseWhenDataContainsNewlineBehindMaximumBufferSize()
+    {
+        $input = new ThroughStream();
+        $stream = new LineSeparatedReader($input);
+
+        $stream->on('data', $this->expectCallableNever());
+        $stream->on('error', $this->expectCallableOnceWith($this->isInstanceOf('OverflowException')));
+        $stream->on('close', $this->expectCallableOnce());
+
+        $input->write(str_repeat('a', 65537) . "\n");
+    }
+
+    public function testStreamDataWillEmitDataAndErrorWhenDataBehindNewlineExceedsMaximumBufferSize()
+    {
+        $input = new ThroughStream();
+        $stream = new LineSeparatedReader($input);
+
+        $stream->on('data', $this->expectCallableOnceWith("hello!"));
+        $stream->on('error', $this->expectCallableOnceWith($this->isInstanceOf('OverflowException')));
+
+        $input->write("hello!\n" . str_repeat('a', 65537));
+    }
+
 
     public function testStreamEndWillEndWithoutDataWhenNoPreviousDataInBuffer()
     {