diff --git a/tinyxml2.cpp b/tinyxml2.cpp
index 0fed8dca..e38edd97 100644
--- a/tinyxml2.cpp
+++ b/tinyxml2.cpp
@@ -473,10 +473,10 @@ const char* XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef( const char* p, char* value, int* length )
     *length = 0;
 
     if ( *(p+1) == '#' && *(p+2) ) {
-        unsigned long ucs = 0;
-        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( ucs ) >= 4 );
+        unsigned long long ucs = 0;
+        TIXMLASSERT( sizeof( ucs ) >= 8 );
         ptrdiff_t delta = 0;
-        unsigned mult = 1;
+        unsigned long long mult = 1;
         static const char SEMICOLON = ';';
 
         if ( *(p+2) == 'x' ) {
@@ -512,11 +512,10 @@ const char* XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef( const char* p, char* value, int* length )
                     return 0;
                 }
                 TIXMLASSERT( digit < 16 );
-                TIXMLASSERT( digit == 0 || mult <= UINT_MAX / digit );
-                const unsigned int digitScaled = mult * digit;
-                TIXMLASSERT( ucs <= ULONG_MAX - digitScaled );
+                const unsigned long long digitScaled = mult * digit;
                 ucs += digitScaled;
-                TIXMLASSERT( mult <= UINT_MAX / 16 );
+                if (ucs > ULONG_MAX)
+                    return 0;
                 mult *= 16;
                 --q;
             }
@@ -542,21 +541,27 @@ const char* XMLUtil::GetCharacterRef( const char* p, char* value, int* length )
                 if ( *q >= '0' && *q <= '9' ) {
                     const unsigned int digit = *q - '0';
                     TIXMLASSERT( digit < 10 );
-                    TIXMLASSERT( digit == 0 || mult <= UINT_MAX / digit );
-                    const unsigned int digitScaled = mult * digit;
-                    TIXMLASSERT( ucs <= ULONG_MAX - digitScaled );
+                    const unsigned long long digitScaled = mult * digit;
                     ucs += digitScaled;
+                    if (ucs > ULONG_MAX)
+                        return 0;
                 }
                 else {
                     return 0;
                 }
-                TIXMLASSERT( mult <= UINT_MAX / 10 );
                 mult *= 10;
                 --q;
             }
         }
+
+        if (ucs > ULONG_MAX)
+            return 0;
+
         // convert the UCS to UTF-8
-        ConvertUTF32ToUTF8( ucs, value, length );
+        ConvertUTF32ToUTF8( (unsigned long)ucs, value, length );
+        if (*length == 0)
+            return 0;
+
         return p + delta + 1;
     }
     return p+1;
diff --git a/xmltest.cpp b/xmltest.cpp
index ae976042..c856d43c 100644
--- a/xmltest.cpp
+++ b/xmltest.cpp
@@ -2666,6 +2666,34 @@ int main( int argc, const char ** argv )
     	doc.PrintError();
     }
 
+    {
+    	const char* xml = "<Hello value='12&#65;34' value2='56&#x42;78'>Text</Hello>";
+    	XMLDocument doc;
+    	doc.Parse(xml);
+    	const char* value = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value");
+    	const char* value2 = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value2");
+    	XMLTest("Test attribute encode", false, doc.Error());
+    	XMLTest("Test decimal value", value, "12A34");
+    	XMLTest("Test hex encode", value2, "56B78");
+    }
+
+    {
+    	const char* xml = "<Hello value='&#ABC9000000065;' value2='&#xffffffff;' value3='&#5000000000;' value4='&#x00000045;' value5='&#x000000000000000021;'>Text</Hello>";
+    	XMLDocument doc;
+    	doc.Parse(xml);
+    	const char* value = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value");
+    	const char* value2 = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value2");
+    	const char* value3 = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value3");
+    	const char* value4 = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value4");
+		const char* value5 = doc.FirstChildElement()->Attribute("value5");
+    	XMLTest("Test attribute encode", false, doc.Error());
+    	XMLTest("Test attribute encode too long value", value, "&#ABC9000000065;"); // test long value
+    	XMLTest("Test attribute encode out of unicode range", value2, "&#xffffffff;"); // out of unicode range
+    	XMLTest("Test attribute encode out of int max value", value3, "&#5000000000;"); // out of int max value
+    	XMLTest("Test attribute encode with a Hex value", value4, "E"); // hex value in unicode value
+		XMLTest("Test attribute encode with a Hex value", value5, "!"); // hex value in unicode value
+    }
+
     // ----------- Performance tracking --------------
 	{
 #if defined( _MSC_VER )