diff --git a/build/three.js b/build/three.js
index 79c9efeece5cc4db1aa7283611c5abe4756a5376..42143bceb8538c18a80ef9836c36e1dc0a8ace3e 100644
--- a/build/three.js
+++ b/build/three.js
@@ -46742,7 +46742,7 @@
 
 		this.box = box;
 
-		color = color || 0xffff00;
+		color = color || 0xffff00;
 
 		var indices = new Uint16Array( [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 0, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 4, 0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7 ] );
 
diff --git a/build/three.module.js b/build/three.module.js
index 550e4f57df525be50b8fff231b21ee0b2b63da14..416fe951035a4567d4590a56f1f2f449ace28725 100644
--- a/build/three.module.js
+++ b/build/three.module.js
@@ -46736,7 +46736,7 @@ function Box3Helper( box, color ) {
 
 	this.box = box;
 
-	color = color || 0xffff00;
+	color = color || 0xffff00;
 
 	var indices = new Uint16Array( [ 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 0, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 4, 0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7 ] );
 
diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
index 98bd712602570dd3eb7e02e98475a25fd7685cc5..4c97474c310dd749785ff1ef6455b99458dde6b4 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 				var object;
 
-				if ( geometry ) {
+				if ( geometry && geometry.attributes.position ) {
 
 					var type = geometry._type;
 
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					object = new THREE.Object3D();
 
-					// if the geometry field is NULL the object is not drawn
+					// if the geometry field is NULL or no vertices are defined the object is not drawn
 
 					object.visible = false;
 
@@ -1353,6 +1353,14 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 				}
 
+				if ( coordIndex === undefined ) {
+
+					console.warn( 'THREE.VRMLLoader: Missing coordIndex.' );
+
+					return new THREE.BufferGeometry(); // handle VRML files with incomplete geometry definition
+
+				}
+
 				var triangulatedCoordIndex = triangulateFaceIndex( coordIndex, ccw );
 
 				var positionAttribute;
@@ -1364,7 +1372,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					if ( colorPerVertex === true ) {
 
-						if ( colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( colorIndex && colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the colorIndex field is not empty, then it is used to choose colors for each vertex of the IndexedFaceSet.
 
@@ -1381,7 +1389,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					} else {
 
-						if ( colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( colorIndex && colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the colorIndex field is not empty, then they are used to choose one color for each face of the IndexedFaceSet
 
@@ -1409,7 +1417,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 						// consider vertex normals
 
-						if ( normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( normalIndex && normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the normalIndex field is not empty, then it is used to choose normals for each vertex of the IndexedFaceSet.
 
@@ -1428,7 +1436,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 						// consider face normals
 
-						if ( normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( normalIndex && normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the normalIndex field is not empty, then they are used to choose one normal for each face of the IndexedFaceSet
 
@@ -1459,7 +1467,7 @@ THREE.VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					// texture coordinates are always defined on vertex level
 
-					if ( texCoordIndex.length > 0 ) {
+					if ( texCoordIndex && texCoordIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 						// if the texCoordIndex field is not empty, then it is used to choose texture coordinates for each vertex of the IndexedFaceSet.
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
index 4e0397314a23b82ef104f0324b908fd6f49023a9..d746c8528478257320a1461448262899e3991656 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/VRMLLoader.js
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 				var object;
 
-				if ( geometry ) {
+				if ( geometry && geometry.attributes.position ) {
 
 					var type = geometry._type;
 
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					object = new Object3D();
 
-					// if the geometry field is NULL the object is not drawn
+					// if the geometry field is NULL or no vertices are defined the object is not drawn
 
 					object.visible = false;
 
@@ -1387,6 +1387,14 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 				}
 
+				if ( coordIndex === undefined ) {
+
+					console.warn( 'THREE.VRMLLoader: Missing coordIndex.' );
+
+					return new BufferGeometry(); // handle VRML files with incomplete geometry definition
+
+				}
+
 				var triangulatedCoordIndex = triangulateFaceIndex( coordIndex, ccw );
 
 				var positionAttribute;
@@ -1398,7 +1406,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					if ( colorPerVertex === true ) {
 
-						if ( colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( colorIndex && colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the colorIndex field is not empty, then it is used to choose colors for each vertex of the IndexedFaceSet.
 
@@ -1415,7 +1423,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					} else {
 
-						if ( colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( colorIndex && colorIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the colorIndex field is not empty, then they are used to choose one color for each face of the IndexedFaceSet
 
@@ -1443,7 +1451,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 						// consider vertex normals
 
-						if ( normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( normalIndex && normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the normalIndex field is not empty, then it is used to choose normals for each vertex of the IndexedFaceSet.
 
@@ -1462,7 +1470,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 						// consider face normals
 
-						if ( normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
+						if ( normalIndex && normalIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 							// if the normalIndex field is not empty, then they are used to choose one normal for each face of the IndexedFaceSet
 
@@ -1493,7 +1501,7 @@ var VRMLLoader = ( function () {
 
 					// texture coordinates are always defined on vertex level
 
-					if ( texCoordIndex.length > 0 ) {
+					if ( texCoordIndex && texCoordIndex.length > 0 ) {
 
 						// if the texCoordIndex field is not empty, then it is used to choose texture coordinates for each vertex of the IndexedFaceSet.