diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5bf6cecf..fc0252194 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-2010-06-25  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+2010-06-26  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	Fix Savannah bug #30262.
+
+	* src/sfnt/ttload.c (tt_face_load_maxp): Limit `maxComponentDepth'
+	arbitrarily to 100 to avoid stack exhaustion.
+
+2010-06-26  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	Add some memory checks (mainly for debugging).
 
diff --git a/src/sfnt/ttload.c b/src/sfnt/ttload.c
index f60d49b02..1c174aff9 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/ttload.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/ttload.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 /*    Load the basic TrueType tables, i.e., tables that can be either in   */
 /*    TTF or OTF fonts (body).                                             */
 /*                                                                         */
-/*  Copyright 1996-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 by */
+/*  Copyright 1996-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,   */
+/*            2010 by                                                      */
 /*  David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.                      */
 /*                                                                         */
 /*  This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,       */
@@ -694,6 +695,15 @@
 
         maxProfile->maxTwilightPoints = 0xFFFFU - 4;
       }
+
+      /* we arbitrarily limit recursion to avoid stack exhaustion */
+      if ( maxProfile->maxComponentDepth > 100 )
+      {
+        FT_TRACE0(( "tt_face_load_maxp:"
+                    " abnormally large component depth (%d) set to 100\n",
+                    maxProfile->maxComponentDepth ));
+        maxProfile->maxComponentDepth = 100;
+      }
     }
 
     FT_TRACE3(( "numGlyphs: %u\n", maxProfile->numGlyphs ));