diff --git a/src/pocketmine/utils/Binary.php b/src/pocketmine/utils/Binary.php
index 49c0f4b3a..d78dc45b5 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/utils/Binary.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/utils/Binary.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class Binary{
 	const BIG_ENDIAN = 0x00;
 	const LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0x01;
 
+	private static function checkLength($str, $expect){
+		assert(($len = strlen($str)) === $expect, "Expected $expect bytes, got $len");
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Reads a 3-byte big-endian number
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
 	public static function readTriad($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 3);
 		return unpack("N", "\x00" . $str)[1];
 	}
 
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
 	public static function readLTriad($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 3);
 		return unpack("V", $str . "\x00")[1];
 	}
 
@@ -228,6 +233,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function readByte($c, $signed = true){
+		self::checkLength($c, 1);
 		$b = ord($c{0});
 
 		if($signed){
@@ -260,6 +266,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function readShort($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 2);
 		return unpack("n", $str)[1];
 	}
 
@@ -271,6 +278,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function readSignedShort($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 2);
 		if(PHP_INT_SIZE === 8){
 			return unpack("n", $str)[1] << 48 >> 48;
 		}else{
@@ -297,6 +305,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function readLShort($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 2);
 		return unpack("v", $str)[1];
 	}
 
@@ -308,6 +317,7 @@ class Binary{
 	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function readSignedLShort($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 2);
 		if(PHP_INT_SIZE === 8){
 			return unpack("v", $str)[1] << 48 >> 48;
 		}else{
@@ -327,6 +337,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readInt($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 4);
 		if(PHP_INT_SIZE === 8){
 			return unpack("N", $str)[1] << 32 >> 32;
 		}else{
@@ -339,6 +350,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readLInt($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 4);
 		if(PHP_INT_SIZE === 8){
 			return unpack("V", $str)[1] << 32 >> 32;
 		}else{
@@ -351,6 +363,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readFloat($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 4);
 		return ENDIANNESS === self::BIG_ENDIAN ? unpack("f", $str)[1] : unpack("f", strrev($str))[1];
 	}
 
@@ -359,6 +372,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readLFloat($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 4);
 		return ENDIANNESS === self::BIG_ENDIAN ? unpack("f", strrev($str))[1] : unpack("f", $str)[1];
 	}
 
@@ -371,6 +385,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readDouble($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 8);
 		return ENDIANNESS === self::BIG_ENDIAN ? unpack("d", $str)[1] : unpack("d", strrev($str))[1];
 	}
 
@@ -379,6 +394,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readLDouble($str){
+		self::checkLength($str, 8);
 		return ENDIANNESS === self::BIG_ENDIAN ? unpack("d", strrev($str))[1] : unpack("d", $str)[1];
 	}
 
@@ -387,6 +403,7 @@ class Binary{
 	}
 
 	public static function readLong($x){
+		self::checkLength($x, 8);
 		if(PHP_INT_SIZE === 8){
 			$int = unpack("N*", $x);
 			return ($int[1] << 32) | $int[2];
@@ -428,7 +445,7 @@ class Binary{
 		return self::readLong(strrev($str));
 	}
 
-	//TODO: varlong, length checks
+	//TODO: varlong, varint length checks
 
 	public static function writeLLong($value){
 		return strrev(self::writeLong($value));