diff --git a/dump-prog/dump.cpp b/dump-prog/dump.cpp
index 4c42a69..d91438f 100644
--- a/dump-prog/dump.cpp
+++ b/dump-prog/dump.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ int printSecs(void                  *N,
 {
   cout << "Sec Name: " << secName << endl;
   cout << "Sec Base: 0x" << to_string<uint64_t>(secBase, hex) << endl;
-  cout << "Sec Size: " << to_string<uint64_t>(data->bufLen, dec) << endl;
+  if (data)
+    cout << "Sec Size: " << to_string<uint64_t>(data->bufLen, dec) << endl;
+  else
+    cout << "Sec Size: 0" << endl;
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/python/pepy.cpp b/python/pepy.cpp
index 4030368..d5781aa 100644
--- a/python/pepy.cpp
+++ b/python/pepy.cpp
@@ -745,15 +745,31 @@ static PyObject *pepy_data_converter(bounded_buffer *data) {
 }
 
 int section_callback(void *cbd, VA base, std::string &name, image_section_header s, bounded_buffer *data) {
+	uint32_t buflen;
 	PyObject *sect;
 	PyObject *tuple;
 	PyObject *list = (PyObject *) cbd;
 
+	/*
+	 * I've seen some interesting binaries with a section where the
+	 * PointerToRawData and SizeOfRawData are invalid. The parser library
+	 * handles this by setting sectionData to NULL as returned by splitBuffer().
+	 * The sectionData (passed in to us as *data) is converted using
+	 * pepy_data_converter() which will return an empty string object.
+	 * However, we need to address the fact that we pass an invalid length
+	 * via data->bufLen.
+	 */
+	if (!data) {
+		buflen = 0;
+	} else {
+		buflen = data->bufLen;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The tuple item order is important here. It is passed into the
 	 * section type initialization and parsed there.
 	 */
-	tuple = Py_BuildValue("sKKIIHHIO&", name.c_str(), base, data->bufLen,
+	tuple = Py_BuildValue("sKKIIHHIO&", name.c_str(), base, buflen,
 	                      s.VirtualAddress, s.Misc.VirtualSize,
 	                      s.NumberOfRelocations, s.NumberOfLinenumbers,
 	                      s.Characteristics, pepy_data_converter, data);