diff --git a/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v4.hpp b/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v4.hpp
index 9bea8cbc..357edfae 100644
--- a/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v4.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v4.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #include <boost/asio/detail/push_options.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/asio/detail/push_options.hpp>
+#include <climits>
 #include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <boost/array.hpp>
 #include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/detail/pop_options.hpp>
@@ -56,6 +58,15 @@ public:
   /// Construct an address from raw bytes.
   explicit address_v4(const bytes_type& bytes)
   {
+#if UCHAR_MAX > 0xFF
+    if (bytes[0] > 0xFF || bytes[1] > 0xFF
+        || bytes[2] > 0xFF || bytes[3] > 0xFF)
+    {
+      std::out_of_range ex("address_v4 from bytes_type");
+      boost::throw_exception(ex);
+    }
+#endif // UCHAR_MAX > 0xFF
+
     using namespace std; // For memcpy.
     memcpy(&addr_.s_addr, bytes.elems, 4);
   }
@@ -63,6 +74,14 @@ public:
   /// Construct an address from a unsigned long in host byte order.
   explicit address_v4(unsigned long addr)
   {
+#if ULONG_MAX > 0xFFFFFFFF
+    if (addr > 0xFFFFFFFF)
+    {
+      std::out_of_range ex("address_v4 from unsigned long");
+      boost::throw_exception(ex);
+    }
+#endif // ULONG_MAX > 0xFFFFFFFF
+
     addr_.s_addr = boost::asio::detail::socket_ops::host_to_network_long(addr);
   }
 
diff --git a/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v6.hpp b/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v6.hpp
index 89f2ee3f..5f5f0927 100644
--- a/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v6.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/asio/ip/address_v6.hpp
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ public:
   explicit address_v6(const bytes_type& bytes, unsigned long scope_id = 0)
     : scope_id_(scope_id)
   {
+#if UCHAR_MAX > 0xFF
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < bytes.size(); ++i)
+    {
+      if (bytes[i] > 0xFF)
+      {
+        std::out_of_range ex("address_v6 from bytes_type");
+        boost::throw_exception(ex);
+      }
+    }
+#endif // UCHAR_MAX > 0xFF
+
     using namespace std; // For memcpy.
     memcpy(addr_.s6_addr, bytes.elems, 16);
   }
@@ -166,7 +177,11 @@ public:
   address_v4 to_v4() const
   {
     if (!is_v4_mapped() && !is_v4_compatible())
-      throw std::bad_cast();
+    {
+      std::bad_cast ex;
+      boost::throw_exception(ex);
+    }
+
     address_v4::bytes_type v4_bytes = { { addr_.s6_addr[12],
       addr_.s6_addr[13], addr_.s6_addr[14], addr_.s6_addr[15] } };
     return address_v4(v4_bytes);