diff --git a/modules/dav/main/ms_wdv.c b/modules/dav/main/ms_wdv.c
index cd9bb10cf53..ec4bb425cfc 100644
--- a/modules/dav/main/ms_wdv.c
+++ b/modules/dav/main/ms_wdv.c
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ static const char *mswdv_urlencode(request_rec *r, const char *str)
     char *output;
     char *op;
 
-    output = apr_palloc(r->pool, 3 * strlen(str) + 1);
+    apr_size_t slen = strlen(str);
+    ap_assert(slen <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 3);
+    output = apr_palloc(r->pool, 3 * slen + 1);
     op = output;
 
     for (ip = str; *ip; ip++) {
diff --git a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
index c89b2adc786..c5f20e4b8d0 100644
--- a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
+++ b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c
@@ -722,7 +722,9 @@ static char *escape_backref(apr_pool_t *p, const char *path,
                             const char *escapeme, const char *noescapeme,
                             int flags)
 {
-    char *copy = apr_palloc(p, 3 * strlen(path) + 1);
+    apr_size_t plen = strlen(path);
+    ap_assert(plen <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 3);
+    char *copy = apr_palloc(p, 3 * plen + 1);
     const unsigned char *s = (const unsigned char *)path;
     unsigned char *d = (unsigned char *)copy;
     int noplus = (flags & RULEFLAG_ESCAPENOPLUS) != 0;
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
index d535d2415d4..0ea47590b69 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ftp.c
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ static const char *ftp_escape_globbingchars(apr_pool_t *p, const char *path, pro
         return path;
     }
 
-    ret = apr_palloc(p, 2*strlen(path)+sizeof(""));
+    apr_size_t plen = strlen(path);
+    ap_assert(plen <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - sizeof("")) / 2);
+    ret = apr_palloc(p, 2 * plen + sizeof(""));
     for (d = ret; *path; ++path) {
         if (strchr(FTP_GLOBBING_CHARS, *path) != NULL)
             *d++ = '\\';
diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
index a57c35ce0d2..0440e3433d6 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(char *)ap_proxy_canonenc_ex(apr_pool_t *p, const char *x, int len,
         reserved = "";
     }
 
+    ap_assert(len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 3);
     y = apr_palloc(p, 3 * len + 1);
 
     for (i = 0, j = 0; i < len; i++, j++) {
diff --git a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c
index 83344bf8600..98555a7607b 100644
--- a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c
+++ b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c
@@ -1056,11 +1056,13 @@ static const char *ssl_var_lookup_ssl_clienthello(apr_pool_t *p, const SSLConnRe
         return apr_psprintf(p, "%04x", (uint16_t) clienthello_vars->version);
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "CIPHERS") && (clienthello_vars->ciphers_len > 0)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->ciphers_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 2);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->ciphers_len * 2 + 1);
         ap_bin2hex(clienthello_vars->ciphers_data, clienthello_vars->ciphers_len, value);
         return value;
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "EXTENSIONS") && (clienthello_vars->extids_len > 0)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->extids_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 4);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->extids_len * 4 + 1);
         for (i = 0; i < clienthello_vars->extids_len; i++) {
             apr_snprintf(value + i * 4, 5, "%04x", (uint16_t) clienthello_vars->extids_data[i]);
@@ -1068,26 +1070,31 @@ static const char *ssl_var_lookup_ssl_clienthello(apr_pool_t *p, const SSLConnRe
         return value;
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "GROUPS") && (clienthello_vars->ecgroups_len > 2)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->ecgroups_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 2);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->ecgroups_len * 2 + 1 - 2);
         ap_bin2hex(clienthello_vars->ecgroups_data + 2, clienthello_vars->ecgroups_len - 2, value);
         return value;
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "EC_FORMATS") && (clienthello_vars->ecformats_len > 1)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->ecformats_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 2);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->ecformats_len * 2 + 1 - 1);
         ap_bin2hex(clienthello_vars->ecformats_data + 1, clienthello_vars->ecformats_len - 1, value);
         return value;
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "SIG_ALGOS") && (clienthello_vars->sigalgos_len > 2)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->sigalgos_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 2);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->sigalgos_len * 2 + 1 - 2);
         ap_bin2hex(clienthello_vars->sigalgos_data + 2, clienthello_vars->sigalgos_len - 2, value);
         return value;
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "ALPN") && (clienthello_vars->alpn_len > 2)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->alpn_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 2);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->alpn_len * 2 + 1 - 2);
         ap_bin2hex(clienthello_vars->alpn_data + 2, clienthello_vars->alpn_len - 2, value);
         return value;
     }
     else if (strEQ(var, "VERSIONS") && (clienthello_vars->versions_len > 1)) {
+        ap_assert(clienthello_vars->versions_len <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - 1) / 2);
         value = apr_palloc(p, clienthello_vars->versions_len * 2 + 1 - 1);
         ap_bin2hex(clienthello_vars->versions_data + 1, clienthello_vars->versions_len - 1, value);
         return value;
diff --git a/server/util.c b/server/util.c
index d1d06fc15b4..6a07dd6b532 100644
--- a/server/util.c
+++ b/server/util.c
@@ -2157,9 +2157,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(char *) ap_escape_html2(apr_pool_t *p, const char *s, int toasc)
 
     /* first, count the number of extra characters */
     for (i = 0, j = 0; s[i] != '\0'; i++) {
-        if (i + j > APR_SIZE_MAX - 6) {
-            abort();
-        }
+        ap_assert(i + j <= APR_SIZE_MAX - 6);
         if (s[i] == '<' || s[i] == '>')
             j += 3;
         else if (s[i] == '&')
@@ -2230,6 +2228,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(char *) ap_escape_logitem(apr_pool_t *p, const char *str)
     }
     
     /* Each escaped character needs up to 3 extra bytes (0 --> \x00) */
+    ap_assert(escapes <= (APR_SIZE_MAX - length) / 3);
     ret = apr_palloc(p, length + 3 * escapes);
     d = (unsigned char *)ret;
     s = (const unsigned char *)str;
@@ -2376,6 +2375,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(char *) ap_make_full_path(apr_pool_t *a, const char *src1,
      /* allocate +3 for '/' delimiter, trailing NULL and overallocate
       * one extra byte to allow the caller to add a trailing '/'
       */
+    ap_assert(len1 <= APR_SIZE_MAX - len2 - 3);
     path = (char *)apr_palloc(a, len1 + len2 + 3);
     if (len1 == 0) {
         *path = '/';