diff --git a/ext/standard/image.c b/ext/standard/image.c
index 73e1776a3a2..5c87c9a49aa 100644
--- a/ext/standard/image.c
+++ b/ext/standard/image.c
@@ -1475,6 +1475,11 @@ static void php_getimagesize_from_any(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, int mode) {
 		Z_PARAM_ZVAL(info)
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
 
+	if (mode == FROM_PATH && CHECK_NULL_PATH(input, input_len)) {
+		php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "Invalid path");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (argc == 2) {
 		info = zend_try_array_init(info);
 		if (!info) {
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/image/bug79877.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/image/bug79877.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92e93e59e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/image/bug79877.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79877 (getimagesize function silently truncates after a null byte)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+var_dump(getimagesize("/tmp/a.png\0xx"));
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Warning: getimagesize(): Invalid path in %s on line %d
+NULL