diff --git a/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
index d492bfea..98c980d6 100644
--- a/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ set(CORPUS_OTHER
   69857.fuzz
   69913.fuzz
   69969.fuzz
+  69977.fuzz
 )
 
 set(CORPUS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qpdf_corpus)
diff --git a/fuzz/qpdf_extra/69977.fuzz b/fuzz/qpdf_extra/69977.fuzz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f15c5c98
Binary files /dev/null and b/fuzz/qpdf_extra/69977.fuzz differ
diff --git a/fuzz/qpdf_fuzzer.cc b/fuzz/qpdf_fuzzer.cc
index 678bec8e..814c59c4 100644
--- a/fuzz/qpdf_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/fuzz/qpdf_fuzzer.cc
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ FuzzHelper::doChecks()
 {
     // Get as much coverage as possible in parts of the library that
     // might benefit from fuzzing.
-    std::cout << "starting testWrite\n";
+    std::cerr << "\ninfo: starting testWrite\n";
     testWrite();
-    std::cout << "\nstarting testPages\n\n";
+    std::cerr << "\ninfo: starting testPages\n";
     testPages();
-    std::cout << "\nstarting testOutlines\n\n";
+    std::cerr << "\ninfo: starting testOutlines\n";
     testOutlines();
 }
 
diff --git a/fuzz/qtest/fuzz.test b/fuzz/qtest/fuzz.test
index fffecc19..49ae52d9 100644
--- a/fuzz/qtest/fuzz.test
+++ b/fuzz/qtest/fuzz.test
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ my @fuzzers = (
     ['pngpredictor' => 1],
     ['runlength' => 6],
     ['tiffpredictor' => 2],
-    ['qpdf' => 63],             # increment when adding new files
+    ['qpdf' => 64],             # increment when adding new files
     );
 
 my $n_tests = 0;
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
index a922ae9d..c83bcb0b 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
@@ -1502,6 +1502,9 @@ class QPDF
         std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp;
         std::string pdf_version;
         std::map<QPDFObjGen, QPDFXRefEntry> xref_table;
+        // Various tables are indexed by object id, with potential size id + 1
+        int xref_table_max_id{std::numeric_limits<int>::max() - 1};
+        qpdf_offset_t xref_table_max_offset{0};
         std::set<int> deleted_objects;
         std::map<QPDFObjGen, ObjCache> obj_cache;
         std::set<QPDFObjGen> resolving;
diff --git a/libqpdf/Pl_DCT.cc b/libqpdf/Pl_DCT.cc
index 5875a0e9..d2544ab0 100644
--- a/libqpdf/Pl_DCT.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/Pl_DCT.cc
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Pl_DCT::decompress(void* cinfo_p, Buffer* b)
     cinfo->mem->max_memory_to_use = 1'000'000'000;
     // For some corrupt files the memory used internally by libjpeg stays within the above limits
     // even though the size written to the next pipeline is significantly larger.
-    m->corrupt_data_limit = 100'000'000;
+    m->corrupt_data_limit = 10'000'000;
 #endif
     jpeg_buffer_src(cinfo, b);
 
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index f46885a1..915518af 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -441,6 +441,12 @@ QPDF::parse(char const* password)
     // 30 characters to leave room for the startxref stuff.
     m->file->seek(0, SEEK_END);
     qpdf_offset_t end_offset = m->file->tell();
+    m->xref_table_max_offset = end_offset;
+    // Sanity check on object ids. All objects must appear in xref table / stream. In all realistic
+    // scenarios at least 3 bytes are required.
+    if (m->xref_table_max_id > m->xref_table_max_offset / 3) {
+        m->xref_table_max_id = static_cast<int>(m->xref_table_max_offset / 3);
+    }
     qpdf_offset_t start_offset = (end_offset > 1054 ? end_offset - 1054 : 0);
     PatternFinder sf(*this, &QPDF::findStartxref);
     qpdf_offset_t xref_offset = 0;
@@ -494,6 +500,13 @@ QPDF::warn(QPDFExc const& e)
 {
     m->warnings.push_back(e);
     if (!m->suppress_warnings) {
+#ifdef QPDF_OSS_FUZZ
+        if (m->warnings.size() > 20) {
+            *m->log->getWarn() << "WARNING: too many warnings - additional warnings surpressed\n";
+            m->suppress_warnings = true;
+            return;
+        }
+#endif
         *m->log->getWarn() << "WARNING: " << m->warnings.back().what() << "\n";
     }
 }
@@ -547,9 +560,6 @@ QPDF::reconstruct_xref(QPDFExc& e)
 
     m->file->seek(0, SEEK_END);
     qpdf_offset_t eof = m->file->tell();
-    // Sanity check on object ids. All objects must appear in xref table / stream. In all realistic
-    // scenarios at leat 3 bytes are required.
-    auto max_obj_id = eof / 3;
     m->file->seek(0, SEEK_SET);
     qpdf_offset_t line_start = 0;
     // Don't allow very long tokens here during recovery.
@@ -567,7 +577,7 @@ QPDF::reconstruct_xref(QPDFExc& e)
             if ((t2.isInteger()) && (readToken(m->file, MAX_LEN).isWord("obj"))) {
                 int obj = QUtil::string_to_int(t1.getValue().c_str());
                 int gen = QUtil::string_to_int(t2.getValue().c_str());
-                if (obj <= max_obj_id) {
+                if (obj <= m->xref_table_max_id) {
                     insertReconstructedXrefEntry(obj, token_start, gen);
                 } else {
                     warn(damagedPDF(
@@ -702,7 +712,7 @@ QPDF::read_xref(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset)
     int size = m->trailer.getKey("/Size").getIntValueAsInt();
     int max_obj = 0;
     if (!m->xref_table.empty()) {
-        max_obj = (*(m->xref_table.rbegin())).first.getObj();
+        max_obj = m->xref_table.rbegin()->first.getObj();
     }
     if (!m->deleted_objects.empty()) {
         max_obj = std::max(max_obj, *(m->deleted_objects.rbegin()));
@@ -1255,11 +1265,21 @@ QPDF::insertXrefEntry(int obj, int f0, qpdf_offset_t f1, int f2)
     // If there is already an entry for this object and generation in the table, it means that a
     // later xref table has registered this object.  Disregard this one.
 
+    if (obj > m->xref_table_max_id) {
+        // ignore impossibly large object ids or object ids > Size.
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (m->deleted_objects.count(obj)) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF xref deleted object");
         return;
     }
 
+    if (f0 == 2 && static_cast<int>(f1) == obj) {
+        warn(damagedPDF("xref stream", "self-referential object stream " + std::to_string(obj)));
+        return;
+    }
+
     auto [iter, created] = m->xref_table.try_emplace(QPDFObjGen(obj, (f0 == 2 ? 0 : f2)));
     if (!created) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF xref reused object");
@@ -1296,12 +1316,11 @@ QPDF::insertFreeXrefEntry(QPDFObjGen og)
 void
 QPDF::insertReconstructedXrefEntry(int obj, qpdf_offset_t f1, int f2)
 {
-    // Various tables are indexed by object id, with potential size id + 1
-    constexpr static int max_id = std::numeric_limits<int>::max() - 1;
-    if (!(obj > 0 && obj <= max_id && 0 <= f2 && f2 < 65535)) {
+    if (!(obj > 0 && obj <= m->xref_table_max_id && 0 <= f2 && f2 < 65535)) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF xref overwrite invalid objgen");
         return;
     }
+
     QPDFObjGen og(obj, f2);
     if (!m->deleted_objects.count(obj)) {
         // deleted_objects stores the uncompressed objects removed from the xref table at the start
@@ -1911,6 +1930,17 @@ QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream(int obj_stream_number)
 
         int num = QUtil::string_to_int(tnum.getValue().c_str());
         long long offset = QUtil::string_to_int(toffset.getValue().c_str());
+        if (num > m->xref_table_max_id) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (num == obj_stream_number) {
+            warn(damagedPDF(
+                input,
+                m->last_object_description,
+                input->getLastOffset(),
+                "object stream claims to contain itself"));
+            continue;
+        }
         offsets[num] = toI(offset + first);
     }
 
@@ -1922,8 +1952,9 @@ QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream(int obj_stream_number)
     m->last_object_description += "object ";
     for (auto const& iter: offsets) {
         QPDFObjGen og(iter.first, 0);
-        QPDFXRefEntry const& entry = m->xref_table[og];
-        if ((entry.getType() == 2) && (entry.getObjStreamNumber() == obj_stream_number)) {
+        auto entry = m->xref_table.find(og);
+        if (entry != m->xref_table.end() && entry->second.getType() == 2 &&
+            entry->second.getObjStreamNumber() == obj_stream_number) {
             int offset = iter.second;
             input->seek(offset, SEEK_SET);
             QPDFObjectHandle oh = readObjectInStream(input, iter.first);
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-118.out b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-118.out
index 1a5f3f57..2b219b20 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-118.out
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-118.out
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 WARNING: issue-118.pdf: can't find PDF header
-WARNING: issue-118.pdf (offset 732): loop detected resolving object 2 0
-WARNING: issue-118.pdf (xref stream: object 8 0, offset 732): supposed object stream 2 is not a stream
+WARNING: issue-118.pdf (xref stream, offset 732): self-referential object stream 2
 issue-118.pdf: unable to find /Root dictionary
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-120.out b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-120.out
index cc03ccfa..dbef34db 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-120.out
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-120.out
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+WARNING: issue-120.pdf (xref stream, offset 712): self-referential object stream 3
 qpdf: issue-120.pdf: unable to find page tree
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-143.out b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-143.out
index 44144b4d..7f787278 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-143.out
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/issue-143.out
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ WARNING: issue-143.pdf (xref stream: object 3 0, offset 654): stream keyword not
 WARNING: issue-143.pdf (xref stream: object 3 0, offset 607): stream dictionary lacks /Length key
 WARNING: issue-143.pdf (xref stream: object 3 0, offset 654): attempting to recover stream length
 WARNING: issue-143.pdf (xref stream: object 3 0, offset 654): recovered stream length: 36
+WARNING: issue-143.pdf (xref stream, offset 654): self-referential object stream 3
 WARNING: issue-143.pdf: file is damaged
 WARNING: issue-143.pdf (object 1 0, offset 48): expected n n obj
 WARNING: issue-143.pdf: Attempting to reconstruct cross-reference table