diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc.cpp b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc.cpp
index 5a94563fa5b0129eab3c0a37ffe1aa73ca75e526..76131fd219392c30dbecd155560cac3277cf4129 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc.cpp
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ ByteOffset LigatureSubstitutionProcessor::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
 {
   LEErrorCode success = LE_NO_ERROR;
   const LigatureSubstitutionStateEntry *entry = entryTable.getAlias(index, success);
+  if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+      currGlyph++;
+      return 0;
+  }
 
     ByteOffset newState = SWAPW(entry->newStateOffset);
     le_uint16 flags = SWAPW(entry->flags);
@@ -91,6 +95,10 @@ ByteOffset LigatureSubstitutionProcessor::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
 
     if (actionOffset != 0) {
       LEReferenceTo<LigatureActionEntry> ap(stHeader, success, actionOffset);
+      if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+          currGlyph++;
+          return newState;
+      }
         LigatureActionEntry action;
         le_int32 offset, i = 0, j = 0;
         le_int32 stack[nComponents];
@@ -101,6 +109,10 @@ ByteOffset LigatureSubstitutionProcessor::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
 
             if (j++ > 0) {
                 ap.addObject(success);
+                if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+                    currGlyph++;
+                    return newState;
+                }
             }
 
             action = SWAPL(*ap.getAlias());
@@ -124,9 +136,17 @@ ByteOffset LigatureSubstitutionProcessor::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
                 return newState; // get out! bad font
               }
               i += SWAPW(offsetTable.getObject(LE_GET_GLYPH(glyphStorage[componentGlyph]), success));
+              if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+                  currGlyph++;
+                  return newState;
+              }
 
                 if (action & (lafLast | lafStore))  {
                   LEReferenceTo<TTGlyphID> ligatureOffset(stHeader, success, i);
+                  if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+                      currGlyph++;
+                      return newState;
+                  }
                   TTGlyphID ligatureGlyph = SWAPW(*ligatureOffset.getAlias());
 
                   glyphStorage[componentGlyph] = LE_SET_GLYPH(glyphStorage[componentGlyph], ligatureGlyph);
diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc2.cpp b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc2.cpp
index 77e907322ed1375a270b7aeacda4779b3993a44f..20c73d4d8bedd597aac2f5ffe4bb420be7e5e053 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc2.cpp
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/font/layout/LigatureSubstProc2.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ le_uint16 LigatureSubstitutionProcessor2::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
 
     if (actionOffset != 0) {
         LEReferenceTo<LigatureActionEntry> ap(stHeader, success, ligActionOffset); // byte offset
+        if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+            currGlyph+= dir;
+            return nextStateIndex;
+        }
         ap.addObject(ligActionIndex, success);
         LEReferenceToArrayOf<TTGlyphID> ligatureTable(stHeader, success, ligatureOffset, LE_UNBOUNDED_ARRAY);
         LigatureActionEntry action;
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@ le_uint16 LigatureSubstitutionProcessor2::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
             if (j++ > 0) {
                 ap.addObject(success);
             }
+            if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+                currGlyph+= dir;
+                return nextStateIndex;
+            }
 
             action = SWAPL(*ap.getAlias());
 
@@ -129,9 +137,17 @@ le_uint16 LigatureSubstitutionProcessor2::processStateEntry(LEGlyphStorage &glyp
                   return nextStateIndex; // get out! bad font
                 }
                 i += SWAPW(componentTable(LE_GET_GLYPH(glyphStorage[componentGlyph]) + (SignExtend(offset, lafComponentOffsetMask)),success));
+                if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+                    currGlyph+= dir;
+                    return nextStateIndex;
+                }
 
                 if (action & (lafLast | lafStore))  {
                   TTGlyphID ligatureGlyph = SWAPW(ligatureTable(i,success));
+                  if (LE_FAILURE(success)) {
+                      currGlyph+= dir;
+                      return nextStateIndex;
+                  }
                     glyphStorage[componentGlyph] = LE_SET_GLYPH(glyphStorage[componentGlyph], ligatureGlyph);
                     if(mm==nComponents) {
                       LE_DEBUG_BAD_FONT("exceeded nComponents");