diff --git a/turtle/src/error.rs b/turtle/src/error.rs
index 8d420e1..b0bbe57 100644
--- a/turtle/src/error.rs
+++ b/turtle/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::MAX_STACK_SIZE;
+use crate::{MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, MAX_STACK_SIZE};
 use oxilangtag::LanguageTagParseError;
 use oxiri::IriParseError;
 use rio_api::parser::{LineBytePosition, ParseError};
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pub enum TurtleErrorKind {
         error: LanguageTagParseError,
     },
     StackOverflow,
+    BufferOverflow,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for TurtleError {
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for TurtleError {
             TurtleErrorKind::StackOverflow => {
                 write!(f, "The parser encountered more than {} nested constructions. This number is limited in order to avoid stack overflow OS errors.", MAX_STACK_SIZE)
             }
+            TurtleErrorKind::BufferOverflow => {
+                write!(f, "The parser encountered a term with more than {} bytes. The size is limited in order to avoid out of memory error on invalid files.", MAX_BUFFER_SIZE)
+            }
         }?;
         if let Some(position) = self.position {
             write!(
diff --git a/turtle/src/gnquads.rs b/turtle/src/gnquads.rs
index b98c0f3..0eb6f6b 100644
--- a/turtle/src/gnquads.rs
+++ b/turtle/src/gnquads.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_variable<'a>(
         } else {
             return Ok(Variable { name: buffer });
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/turtle/src/lib.rs b/turtle/src/lib.rs
index 25c7df6..2b9618c 100644
--- a/turtle/src/lib.rs
+++ b/turtle/src/lib.rs
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@ pub use gtrig::GTriGParser;
 /// This limit is set in order to avoid stack overflow error when parsing such structures due to too many recursive calls.
 /// The actual limit value is a wet finger compromise between not failing to parse valid files and avoiding to trigger stack overflow errors.
 const MAX_STACK_SIZE: usize = 128;
+
+/// Maximal size of a buffer (useful to limit memory consumption).
+const MAX_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 10_000_000;
diff --git a/turtle/src/shared.rs b/turtle/src/shared.rs
index 5dec6f3..2fe6390 100644
--- a/turtle/src/shared.rs
+++ b/turtle/src/shared.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pub fn parse_iriref(
                 read_utf8_char(read)?
             }),
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ pub fn parse_blank_node_label<'a>(
                 }
             }
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ pub fn parse_langtag(
                 break;
             }
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
     LanguageTag::parse(buffer.as_str()).map_err(|error| {
         read.parse_error(TurtleErrorKind::InvalidLanguageTag {
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ pub fn parse_string_literal_quote_inner(
                 read_utf8_char(read)?
             }),
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/turtle/src/turtle.rs b/turtle/src/turtle.rs
index 471358b..d601bb2 100644
--- a/turtle/src/turtle.rs
+++ b/turtle/src/turtle.rs
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_numeric_literal<'a>(
             }
             _ => break,
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 
     // We read the digits after .
@@ -1044,6 +1045,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_numeric_literal<'a>(
                 }
                 _ => break,
             }
+            read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
         }
         Some(count_after)
     } else {
@@ -1231,6 +1233,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_prefixed_name<'a>(
                 }
             }
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
     Ok(NamedNode { iri: buffer })
 }
@@ -1320,6 +1323,7 @@ fn parse_exponent(
         } else {
             return Ok(());
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
@@ -1368,6 +1372,7 @@ fn parse_string_literal_long_quote_inner(
                 read_utf8_char(read)?
             }),
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
@@ -1427,6 +1432,7 @@ fn parse_pn_prefix(
                 }
             }
         }
+        read.check_buffer_size(buffer)?;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/turtle/src/utils.rs b/turtle/src/utils.rs
index f24d01a..5cf66a0 100644
--- a/turtle/src/utils.rs
+++ b/turtle/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::error::*;
-use crate::MAX_STACK_SIZE;
+use crate::{MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, MAX_STACK_SIZE};
 use rio_api::parser::LineBytePosition;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::io::{BufRead, ErrorKind, Read};
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ impl<R: BufRead> LookAheadByteReader<R> {
                 Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => {}
                 Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
             }
+            if self.buffer.len() > MAX_BUFFER_SIZE {
+                return Err(self.parse_error(TurtleErrorKind::BufferOverflow));
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -208,6 +211,14 @@ impl<R: BufRead> LookAheadByteReader<R> {
     pub fn decrement_stack_size(&mut self) {
         self.stack_size -= 1;
     }
+
+    pub fn check_buffer_size(&self, buffer: &str) -> Result<(), TurtleError> {
+        if buffer.len() > MAX_BUFFER_SIZE {
+            Err(self.parse_error(TurtleErrorKind::BufferOverflow))
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
diff --git a/turtle/tests/recovery.rs b/turtle/tests/recovery.rs
index 3ab9fd9..9862c05 100644
--- a/turtle/tests/recovery.rs
+++ b/turtle/tests/recovery.rs
@@ -43,3 +43,22 @@ fn nquads_error_recovery() {
     assert_eq!(count, 3);
     assert_eq!(count_err, 2);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn very_big_literal() {
+    let mut data = String::with_capacity(12_000_000);
+    data.push_str("<http://example.com/s> <http://example.com/p> \"");
+    for _ in 0..11_000_000 {
+        data.push('0');
+    }
+    data.push_str("\" .");
+    let mut parser = NTriplesParser::new(Cursor::new(&data));
+    assert!(parser
+        .parse_step(&mut |_| Ok(()) as Result<(), TurtleError>)
+        .is_ok());
+    assert!(parser
+        .parse_step(&mut |_| Ok(()) as Result<(), TurtleError>)
+        .unwrap_err()
+        .to_string()
+        .contains("out of memory"));
+}