diff --git a/ext/dom/domimplementation.c b/ext/dom/domimplementation.c
index 47da9ed1722..c9c5767fe3b 100644
--- a/ext/dom/domimplementation.c
+++ b/ext/dom/domimplementation.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ PHP_METHOD(DOMImplementation, createDocumentType)
 		pch2 = (xmlChar *) systemid;
 	}
 
+	if (strstr(name, "%00")) {
+		php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "URI must not contain percent-encoded NUL bytes");
+		RETURN_FALSE;
+	}
+
 	uri = xmlParseURI(name);
 	if (uri != NULL && uri->opaque != NULL) {
 		localname = xmlStrdup((xmlChar *) uri->opaque);
diff --git a/ext/dom/tests/bug79971_2.phpt b/ext/dom/tests/bug79971_2.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4e6b1e4e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/dom/tests/bug79971_2.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79971 (special character is breaking the path in xml function)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('dom')) die('skip dom extension not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$imp = new DOMImplementation;
+if (PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows') {
+    $path = '/' . str_replace('\\', '/', __DIR__);
+} else {
+    $path = __DIR__;
+}
+$uri = "file://$path/bug79971_2.xml";
+var_dump($imp->createDocumentType("$uri%00foo"));
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Warning: DOMImplementation::createDocumentType(): URI must not contain percent-encoded NUL bytes in %s on line %d
+bool(false)
diff --git a/ext/libxml/libxml.c b/ext/libxml/libxml.c
index 0f63b90a947..449bf324831 100644
--- a/ext/libxml/libxml.c
+++ b/ext/libxml/libxml.c
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ static void *php_libxml_streams_IO_open_wrapper(const char *filename, const char
 	int isescaped=0;
 	xmlURI *uri;
 
+	if (strstr(filename, "%00")) {
+		php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "URI must not contain percent-encoded NUL bytes");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	uri = xmlParseURI(filename);
 	if (uri && (uri->scheme == NULL ||
@@ -436,6 +440,11 @@ php_libxml_output_buffer_create_filename(const char *URI,
 	if (URI == NULL)
 		return(NULL);
 
+	if (strstr(URI, "%00")) {
+		php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "URI must not contain percent-encoded NUL bytes");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	puri = xmlParseURI(URI);
 	if (puri != NULL) {
 		if (puri->scheme != NULL)
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/tests/bug79971_1.phpt b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug79971_1.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..197776d82d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug79971_1.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79971 (special character is breaking the path in xml function)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('simplexml')) die('skip simplexml extension not available');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+if (PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows') {
+    $path = '/' . str_replace('\\', '/', __DIR__);
+} else {
+    $path = __DIR__;
+}
+$uri = "file://$path/bug79971_1.xml";
+var_dump(simplexml_load_file("$uri%00foo"));
+
+$sxe = simplexml_load_file($uri);
+var_dump($sxe->asXML("$uri.out%00foo"));
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Warning: simplexml_load_file(): URI must not contain percent-encoded NUL bytes in %s on line %d
+
+Warning: simplexml_load_file(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity "%s/bug79971_1.xml%00foo" in %s on line %d
+bool(false)
+
+Warning: SimpleXMLElement::asXML(): URI must not contain percent-encoded NUL bytes in %s on line %d
+bool(false)
diff --git a/ext/simplexml/tests/bug79971_1.xml b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug79971_1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..912bb76d9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/simplexml/tests/bug79971_1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<root></root>