diff --git a/wire/msgcfcheckpt.go b/wire/msgcfcheckpt.go
index 32f9575e..fc3fd532 100644
--- a/wire/msgcfcheckpt.go
+++ b/wire/msgcfcheckpt.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package wire
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
@@ -15,8 +16,17 @@ const (
 	// CFCheckptInterval is the gap (in number of blocks) between each
 	// filter header checkpoint.
 	CFCheckptInterval = 1000
+
+	// maxCFHeadersLen is the max number of filter headers we will attempt
+	// to decode.
+	maxCFHeadersLen = 100000
 )
 
+// ErrInsaneCFHeaderCount signals that we were asked to decode an
+// unreasonable number of cfilter headers.
+var ErrInsaneCFHeaderCount = errors.New(
+	"refusing to decode unreasonable number of filter headers")
+
 // MsgCFCheckpt implements the Message interface and represents a bitcoin
 // cfcheckpt message.  It is used to deliver committed filter header information
 // in response to a getcfcheckpt message (MsgGetCFCheckpt). See MsgGetCFCheckpt
@@ -60,6 +70,11 @@ func (msg *MsgCFCheckpt) BtcDecode(r io.Reader, pver uint32, _ MessageEncoding)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Refuse to decode an insane number of cfheaders.
+	if count > maxCFHeadersLen {
+		return ErrInsaneCFHeaderCount
+	}
+
 	// Create a contiguous slice of hashes to deserialize into in order to
 	// reduce the number of allocations.
 	msg.FilterHeaders = make([]*chainhash.Hash, count)