diff --git a/src/libOpenImageIO/imagebuf.cpp b/src/libOpenImageIO/imagebuf.cpp
index 47ff3eba53..dccbc131bf 100644
--- a/src/libOpenImageIO/imagebuf.cpp
+++ b/src/libOpenImageIO/imagebuf.cpp
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ ImageBufImpl::new_pixels(size_t size, const void* data)
         // consider this an uninitialized ImageBuf, issue an error, and hope
         // it's handled well downstream.
         m_pixels.reset();
+        m_bufspan = make_span<std::byte>(nullptr, 0);
         OIIO::debugfmt("ImageBuf unable to allocate {} bytes ({})\n", size,
                        e.what());
         error("ImageBuf unable to allocate {} bytes ({})\n", size, e.what());
@@ -720,6 +721,8 @@ ImageBufImpl::free_pixels()
         m_allocated_size = 0;
     }
     m_pixels.reset();
+    // print("IB Freed pixels of length {}\n", m_bufspan.size());
+    m_bufspan = make_span<std::byte>(nullptr, 0);
     m_deepdata.free();
     m_storage = ImageBuf::UNINITIALIZED;
     m_blackpixel.clear();
@@ -806,6 +809,7 @@ ImageBufImpl::clear()
     m_spec             = ImageSpec();
     m_nativespec       = ImageSpec();
     m_pixels.reset();
+    m_bufspan        = make_span<std::byte>(nullptr, 0);
     m_localpixels    = nullptr;
     m_spec_valid     = false;
     m_pixels_valid   = false;
diff --git a/src/oiiotool/oiiotool.cpp b/src/oiiotool/oiiotool.cpp
index 0afbe76a46..89bb032776 100644
--- a/src/oiiotool/oiiotool.cpp
+++ b/src/oiiotool/oiiotool.cpp
@@ -5801,7 +5801,8 @@ action_printstats(Oiiotool& ot, cspan<const char*> argv)
     auto options      = ot.extract_options(command);
     bool allsubimages = options.get_int("allsubimages", ot.allsubimages);
 
-    ot.read();
+    if (!ot.read())
+        return;
     ImageRecRef top = ot.top();
 
     print_info_options opt = ot.info_opts();
@@ -5818,6 +5819,7 @@ action_printstats(Oiiotool& ot, cspan<const char*> argv)
                       opt.roi.chend);
     }
     std::string errstring;
+    OIIO_ASSERT(top.get());
     print_info(std::cout, ot, top.get(), opt, errstring);
 
     ot.printed_info = true;
diff --git a/src/pnm.imageio/pnminput.cpp b/src/pnm.imageio/pnminput.cpp
index 3c9e7d3a4a..396ac83ee8 100644
--- a/src/pnm.imageio/pnminput.cpp
+++ b/src/pnm.imageio/pnminput.cpp
@@ -223,8 +223,10 @@ PNMInput::read_file_scanline(void* data, int y)
                 numbytes = m_spec.nchannels * 4 * m_spec.width;
             else
                 numbytes = m_spec.scanline_bytes();
-            if (size_t(numbytes) > m_remaining.size())
+            if (size_t(numbytes) > m_remaining.size()) {
+                errorfmt("Premature end of file");
                 return false;
+            }
             buf.assign(m_remaining.begin(), m_remaining.begin() + numbytes);
 
             m_remaining.remove_prefix(numbytes);
diff --git a/testsuite/pnm/ref/out.txt b/testsuite/pnm/ref/out.txt
index 8c1a957016..c1d480004f 100644
--- a/testsuite/pnm/ref/out.txt
+++ b/testsuite/pnm/ref/out.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ Reading ../oiio-images/pnm/test-3.pfm
     oiio:ColorSpace: "Rec709"
     pnm:bigendian: 1
     pnm:binary: 1
+Reading src/bad-4552.pgm
+oiiotool ERROR: -info : SHA-1: Premature end of file
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash --oiioattrib try_all_readers 0 --printstats src/bad-4552.pgm
+src/bad-4552.pgm     :    9 x    1, 1 channel, uint8 pnm
+    channel list: Y
+    oiio:ColorSpace: "Rec709"
+    pnm:binary: 1
+oiiotool ERROR: read : "src/bad-4552.pgm": Premature end of file
+Full command line was:
+> oiiotool --info -v -a --hash --oiioattrib try_all_readers 0 --printstats src/bad-4552.pgm
 oiiotool ERROR: read : "src/bad-4553.pgm": pnm image resolution may not exceed 65535x65535, but the file appears to be 2147483647x255. Possible corrupt input?
 Full command line was:
 > oiiotool --info -v -a --hash --oiioattrib try_all_readers 0 --printstats src/bad-4553.pgm
diff --git a/testsuite/pnm/run.py b/testsuite/pnm/run.py
index 76f7297a88..be6a094e82 100755
--- a/testsuite/pnm/run.py
+++ b/testsuite/pnm/run.py
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
                              safematch=True, hash=True)
 
 # Damaged files
-files = [ "src/bad-4553.pgm" ]
+files = [ "src/bad-4552.pgm", "src/bad-4553.pgm" ]
 for f in files:
     command += info_command (f, extraargs="--oiioattrib try_all_readers 0 --printstats", failureok=True)
diff --git a/testsuite/pnm/src/bad-4552.pgm b/testsuite/pnm/src/bad-4552.pgm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0522edd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/pnm/src/bad-4552.pgm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+P5
+9 1
+255
+þ
\ No newline at end of file