diff --git a/ext/com_dotnet/com_iterator.c b/ext/com_dotnet/com_iterator.c
index 7b031f41922..0272d48cd36 100644
--- a/ext/com_dotnet/com_iterator.c
+++ b/ext/com_dotnet/com_iterator.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ zend_object_iterator *php_com_iter_get(zend_class_entry *ce, zval *object, int b
 		SafeArrayGetUBound(V_ARRAY(&I->safe_array), 1, &I->sa_max);
 
 		/* pre-fetch the element */
-		if (php_com_safearray_get_elem(&I->safe_array, &I->v, bound)) {
+		if (I->sa_max >= bound && php_com_safearray_get_elem(&I->safe_array, &I->v, bound)) {
 			I->key = bound;
 			ZVAL_NULL(&ptr);
 			php_com_zval_from_variant(&ptr, &I->v, I->code_page);
diff --git a/ext/com_dotnet/tests/bug79248.phpt b/ext/com_dotnet/tests/bug79248.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fda67551a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/com_dotnet/tests/bug79248.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79248 (Traversing empty VT_ARRAY throws com_exception)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('com_dotnet')) die('skip com_dotnet extension not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$v = new variant([], VT_ARRAY);
+foreach ($v as $el) {
+    var_dump($el);
+}
+echo "done\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+done