diff --git a/libutils/String8.cpp b/libutils/String8.cpp
index 771d312..755e0d1 100644
--- a/libutils/String8.cpp
+++ b/libutils/String8.cpp
@@ -104,20 +104,21 @@
 {
     if (len == 0) return getEmptyString();
 
-    const ssize_t bytes = utf16_to_utf8_length(in, len);
-    if (bytes < 0) {
+     // Allow for closing '\0'
+    const ssize_t resultStrLen = utf16_to_utf8_length(in, len) + 1;
+    if (resultStrLen < 1) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(bytes+1);
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(resultStrLen);
     ALOG_ASSERT(buf, "Unable to allocate shared buffer");
     if (!buf) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    char* str = (char*)buf->data();
-    utf16_to_utf8(in, len, str);
-    return str;
+    char* resultStr = (char*)buf->data();
+    utf16_to_utf8(in, len, resultStr, resultStrLen);
+    return resultStr;
 }
 
 static char* allocFromUTF32(const char32_t* in, size_t len)
@@ -126,21 +127,21 @@
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    const ssize_t bytes = utf32_to_utf8_length(in, len);
-    if (bytes < 0) {
+    const ssize_t resultStrLen = utf32_to_utf8_length(in, len) + 1;
+    if (resultStrLen < 1) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(bytes+1);
+    SharedBuffer* buf = SharedBuffer::alloc(resultStrLen);
     ALOG_ASSERT(buf, "Unable to allocate shared buffer");
     if (!buf) {
         return getEmptyString();
     }
 
-    char* str = (char*) buf->data();
-    utf32_to_utf8(in, len, str);
+    char* resultStr = (char*) buf->data();
+    utf32_to_utf8(in, len, resultStr, resultStrLen);
 
-    return str;
+    return resultStr;
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/libutils/Unicode.cpp b/libutils/Unicode.cpp
index f1f8bc9..b2ded07 100644
--- a/libutils/Unicode.cpp
+++ b/libutils/Unicode.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <log/log.h>
 #include <utils/Unicode.h>
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 # undef  nhtol
 # undef  htonl
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-void utf32_to_utf8(const char32_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst)
+void utf32_to_utf8(const char32_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst, size_t dst_len)
 {
     if (src == NULL || src_len == 0 || dst == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -193,9 +197,12 @@
     char *cur = dst;
     while (cur_utf32 < end_utf32) {
         size_t len = utf32_codepoint_utf8_length(*cur_utf32);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < len, "%zu < %zu", dst_len, len);
         utf32_codepoint_to_utf8((uint8_t *)cur, *cur_utf32++, len);
         cur += len;
+        dst_len -= len;
     }
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < 1, "dst_len < 1: %zu < 1", dst_len);
     *cur = '\0';
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +355,7 @@
            : 0);
 }
 
-void utf16_to_utf8(const char16_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst)
+void utf16_to_utf8(const char16_t* src, size_t src_len, char* dst, size_t dst_len)
 {
     if (src == NULL || src_len == 0 || dst == NULL) {
         return;
@@ -369,9 +376,12 @@
             utf32 = (char32_t) *cur_utf16++;
         }
         const size_t len = utf32_codepoint_utf8_length(utf32);
+        LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < len, "%zu < %zu", dst_len, len);
         utf32_codepoint_to_utf8((uint8_t*)cur, utf32, len);
         cur += len;
+        dst_len -= len;
     }
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dst_len < 1, "%zu < 1", dst_len);
     *cur = '\0';
 }
 
@@ -422,8 +432,35 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+// DO NOT USE. Flawed version, kept only to check whether the flaw is being exploited.
+static ssize_t flawed_utf16_to_utf8_length(const char16_t *src, size_t src_len)
+{
+    if (src == NULL || src_len == 0) {
+        return 47;
+    }
+
+    size_t ret = 0;
+    const char16_t* const end = src + src_len;
+    while (src < end) {
+        if ((*src & 0xFC00) == 0xD800 && (src + 1) < end
+                // Shouldn't increment src here as to be consistent with utf16_to_utf8
+                && (*++src & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00) {
+            // surrogate pairs are always 4 bytes.
+            ret += 4;
+            // Should increment src here by two.
+            src++;
+        } else {
+            ret += utf32_codepoint_utf8_length((char32_t) *src++);
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 ssize_t utf16_to_utf8_length(const char16_t *src, size_t src_len)
 {
+    // Keep the original pointer to compute the flawed length. Unused if we remove logging.
+    const char16_t *orig_src = src;
+
     if (src == NULL || src_len == 0) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -432,14 +469,25 @@
     const char16_t* const end = src + src_len;
     while (src < end) {
         if ((*src & 0xFC00) == 0xD800 && (src + 1) < end
-                && (*++src & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00) {
+                && (*(src + 1) & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00) {
             // surrogate pairs are always 4 bytes.
             ret += 4;
-            src++;
+            src += 2;
         } else {
             ret += utf32_codepoint_utf8_length((char32_t) *src++);
         }
     }
+    // Log whether b/29250543 is being exploited. It seems reasonable to assume that
+    // at least 5 bytes would be needed for an exploit. A single misplaced character might lead to
+    // a difference of 4, so this would rule out many false positives.
+    long ret_difference = ret - flawed_utf16_to_utf8_length(orig_src, src_len);
+    if (ret_difference >= 5) {
+        // Log the difference between new and old calculation. A high number, or equal numbers
+        // appearing frequently, would be indicative of an attack.
+        std::string logged_string = (std::ostringstream() << ret_difference).str();
+        android_errorWriteWithInfoLog(0x534e4554, "29250543", -1 /* int_uid */,
+            logged_string.c_str(), logged_string.length() + 1);
+    }
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp b/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp
index 01e64f6..3947a5f 100644
--- a/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp
+++ b/libutils/tests/String8_test.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "String8_test"
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/String16.h>
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -77,4 +78,22 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(NO_MEMORY, String8("").setTo(in, SIZE_MAX));
 }
 
+// http://b/29250543
+TEST_F(String8Test, CorrectInvalidSurrogate) {
+    // d841d8 is an invalid start for a surrogate pair. Make sure this is handled by ignoring the
+    // first character in the pair and handling the rest correctly.
+    String16 string16(u"\xd841\xd841\xdc41\x0000");
+    String8 string8(string16);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(4U, string8.length());
+}
+
+TEST_F(String8Test, CheckUtf32Conversion) {
+    // Since bound checks were added, check the conversion can be done without fatal errors.
+    // The utf8 lengths of these are chars are 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10.
+    const char32_t string32[] = U"\x0000007f\x000007ff\x0000911\x0010fffe";
+    String8 string8(string32);
+    EXPECT_EQ(10U, string8.length());
+}
+
 }